Use the Internet to research your state’s public health and hospital preparedness policies. Be prepared to discuss.

Healthcare Policy and Law class. Must be 250 words must cite work.

"Public Health Preparedness" Please respond to the following:

• From the first e-Activity, analyze the measures your state and local community have in place to prepare hospitals for two (2) different types of threats to public health. Question whether the design of these measures allows for the sufficient protection of the population in the face of an imminent threat. Justify your response.
• From the second e-Activity, examine two to three (2-3) changes to the preparedness policies of your chosen state and federal government agencies. Determine the significant social, political, or environmental factors that have influenced these changes. Provide support for your rationale.

E-Activity: Use the Internet to research your state’s public health and hospital preparedness policies. Be prepared to discuss.

• Use the Internet to research the developments in preparedness policies for your state and at least two (2) federal public health agencies over recent years. Be prepared to discuss.

• Go to the Health Affairs Website and review three (3) current policy briefs from the 2013 listings, located at http://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/archives.php. Be prepared to discuss.