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The Community Assessment Tool (CAT) is intended for use by a community to assess its readiness for a disaster from a total healthcare system perspective.  This system perspective includes a complete network of agencies, facilities, and all providers of healthcare in a specified geographic area (such as 9-1-1, EMS, hospitals, urgent and primary care to include pediatrics, home health, long term care, hospice, mortuary services, public health, emergency management, local government and veterans hospitals).  The CAT helps reveal each core agency partners' (sectors) capabilities and resources, and highlights cases of the same vendors being used for resource supplies (e.g., personal protective equipment [PPE], ventilators, and oxygen) by the partners (e.g., public health departments, clinics, or hospitals).  The CAT also addresses gaps in the community's capabilities or potential shortages in resources.  Subject matter experts from each sector assisted in developing and reviewing this tool.

 

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