Bioterrorism Event: A Case Study

U.S. Healthcare Delivery Readiness and Effectiveness for a Bioterrorism Event
Health Service Systems

The topic of my course project is the readiness and effectiveness of the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System in responding to a widespread bioterrorist event. Since the September 11th terrorist attacks, the United States has never been in such a state of alert to prepare for a bioterrorist attack. The U.S. Healthcare system will contribute greatly in such an event. The U.S. Healthcare system will provide the essential medical care that is needed to triumph over such an event.
Background
Since September 11, 2001, The United States is being faced by the threat of having another terrorist attack. The use of biological weapons could the greatest treat because of the portability and the easy distribution of the agents (Neubert, 2010). The U.S. healthcare system is not fully capable of handling a biological terrorist attack because of funding needed to prepare for such disasters, resources to operate and overcome, and effective communication with the different agencies that would be involved.
Problem Statement
In order to resolve the
However, rural public health departments tend to have less capacity and resources than their urban counterparts. For example, mental health providers are much more common in metropolitan public health agencies. In addition, hospitals are often the nucleus of health planning, activity and resources in rural communities. However, national policy changes have encouraged hospitals to downsize bed capacity in an effort to contain costs and, as a result, rural hospitals lack surge capacity for personnel and beds. Rural providers and hospitals lack the training, resources and capacity to respond to a bioterrorism or mass casualty even (“Rural communities and,”