2013-05-21T00:39:05Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/n/nelson_christopher.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2004/09/19/SDUT.html 2004-09-19T18:13:00Z 2004-09-19T18:13:00Z

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR543.html 2008-05-16T11:58:00Z 2008-05-16T11:58:00Z

Discusses an effort to develop a clear and widely applicable definition of public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) that can provide a basis on which to develop PHEP standards and measures.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR692.html 2009-10-11T08:52:00Z 2009-10-11T08:52:00Z

Introduces and explains two new modules for the RSS-POD Supply Chain Management Game, an Excel-based computer simulation game designed to provide practice in managing inventories of medical countermeasures during a largescale public health emergency.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR577.html 2009-12-30T16:10:00Z 2009-12-30T16:10:00Z

Currently, there are no established tools for identifying, measuring, and improving public health crisis decisionmaking. As a first step toward meeting this need, this paper describes a tool to measure and improve key aspects of decisionmaking.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR639.html 2009-08-04T11:13:00Z 2009-08-04T11:13:00Z

Contains a template that public health agencies can use to conduct a workshop to improve key aspects of Strategic National Stockpile planning: pediatric dispensing, altered standards of care, and allocation of scarce resources.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR661.html 2009-09-25T17:36:00Z 2009-09-25T17:36:00Z

Introduces and explains the RSS-POD Supply Chain Management Game, a Microsoft Excel-based simulation game designed to provide practice in managing inventory of medical countermeasures during large-scale public health emergency.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100174.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This article describes an evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative, a federal program to improve communities' ability to dispense medications rapidly during emergencies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081212.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this article, the authors argue that initial funding priorities for public health systems research on preparedness should focus on using engineering-style methods to identify core preparedness processes, developing novel data sources and measures based on smaller-scale proxy events, and developing performance improvement approaches to support the translation of research into practice within the wide variety of public health systems found in the nation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070422.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

A substantial federal investment has been made to increase our nation's ability to prepare for, and respond to, public health emergencies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060707.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This paper describes how public health preparedness is transforming public health agencies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070403.html 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

Quality improvement (QI) methods have been used in many industries to improve performance and outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100082.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since 1994, Pennsylvania, has provided a 5% discount on workers' compensation premiums for firms with a certified joint labor-management safety committee. This study found that injury rates at participating firms with good compliance records dropped more than at other firms

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR594.html 2008-09-18T19:03:00Z 2008-09-18T19:03:00Z

This evaluation of the voluntary Pennsylvania Certified Safety Committee program found that although compliance did reduce injuries, most participants did not comply and injury rates did not decline more at participating firms.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120093.html 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

Describes the importance of a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), and identifies common strengths and potential vulnerabilities of laboratory-specific COOPs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100180.html 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

National performance standards for public health preparedness can be developed based on existing evidence, but would be helped immensely by a stronger evidence base.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR640.html 2009-01-30T10:47:00Z 2009-01-30T10:47:00Z

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked RAND to provide an initial evaluation of the impact of the Cities Readiness Initiative on awardees' readiness and capability to conduct mass countermeasure dispensing.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR712.html 2009-08-17T10:52:00Z 2009-08-17T10:52:00Z

Describes a tool for assessing key features of good crisis decision making that focuses on the processes of decision making -- situational awareness, action planning, and process control -- and can be used for exploratory analysis and process improvement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR455.html 2007-04-07T10:29:00Z 2007-04-07T10:29:00Z

This report presents a set of operational drills designed to supplement the current checklist-based system of assessing state and local government readiness for receiving, distributing, and dispensing materiel from the Strategic National Stockpile.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR665.html 2009-09-03T18:15:00Z 2009-09-03T18:15:00Z

Presents assessments that test five critical elements of state and local health departments' capability to deliver countermeasures to the population under rapid timeframes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR660.html 2009-08-11T15:39:00Z 2009-08-11T15:39:00Z

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response asked RAND to facilitate the development of a public health systems research agenda for emergency preparedness with a focus on both short- and long-term priorities.