Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Healthcare Preparedness Capability Review National Call Capability 10: Medical Surge and Immediate Bed Availability (IBA) Meeting Summary   [open pdf - 89KB]

From the document: "…welcome everyone to the HPP Medical Surge/IBA [Immediate Bed Availability] call to discuss HPP's[Hospital Preparedness Program] innovative approach to implementing HPP Healthcare Preparedness Capability 10. HPP welcomes representatives from the Hospital Associations, State and territorial HPP directors, Hospitals/Healthcare Organizations (HCOs), Healthcare Coalition Executive Working Group (HCEWG) members, State/ territorial public health representatives, and CDC [Center for Disease Control and Prevention] Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) colleagues to the call. The intent of this call is to share information about Capability 10: Medical Surge across a wide spectrum and to operationalize that capability by discussing IBA."