AAPA Discusses Surge on Hospital ERs During an Influenza Pandemic
AAPA was recently invited to attend the “Integrating Primary Care Providers into Community Pandemic Influenza Planning” stakeholder’s meeting hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP).
A looming challenge of the upcoming H1N1 influenza pandemic is the anticipated use of primary care providers to help alleviate the surge on hospital emergency departments.
Over a two-day period, primary care providers — including PAs — office managers, public health and professional organization representatives — including AAPA — discussed the barriers that exist in the planning process and ways to overcome them. A draft of a final product, which includes a planning calendar template complete with planning tasks that primary care offices can use, will be circulated to stakeholders for comments. When completed, AAPA will disseminate the information to its members.
For more information about the CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), click here.
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