The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has issued guidance to help state and local health care and public health preparedness planners identify gaps in preparedness, determine specific priorities, and develop plans for building and sustaining health care specific capabilities. The guidance is based on new national capabilities for the Hospital Preparedness Program beginning in fiscal year 2012, which align HPP and Public Health Emergency Preparedness program capabilities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued similar guidance for the PHEP program.
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