Hospital Preparedness is one of the services provided under North Carolina's Emergency Medical and Disaster Preparedness Program.
This service focuses on helping the State Medical Response System prepare for disasters or other events requiring extraordinary efforts. Efforts include:
- Conducting disaster-related training through conferences and contracts with hospitals.
- Creating an online registry, SERVNC, for volunteers willing to respond in a disaster or emergency.
- Tracking available resources and personnel with the State Medical Asset and Resource Tracking Tool (SMARTT).
- Setting up medical communications systems and training people to use them.
Federal grant funding supports these efforts.