All-Hazards Focus
All-Hazards Focus : "Employ an "all-hazards" focus. Hospitals must be prepared to respond to any type of emergency or disaster facing their communities, not just bioterrorism. Therefore, the title of and provisions in the law regarding how hospital readiness funding may be used should reflect this "all-hazards" planning focus". (American Hospital Association, Protecting and Improving Care for Patients and Communities: Emergency Readiness, 2006, p. 1)