IT can help hospitals prepare for natural disasters

Hospitals monitor weather patterns to maintain needed levels of care, supplies


Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (OLOL) in Baton Rouge closely monitored severe weather forecasts to prepare team members for potential disaster staffing prior to the recent flooding in Louisiana, according to an article on the Healthcare Dive website.

OLOL leadership issued a Code Grey — a weather event that impacts the community and could impact the availability of care — and took steps to ensure the hospital would remain staffed with necessary personnel throughout the crisis.

During the first three days of the flooding, OLOL saw patient volume swell by more than 30 percent from around 300 to nearly 400 patients a day.

OLOL’s Livingston campus was completely surrounded by water and only accessible by boat. But with the help of the U.S. Coast Guard and Louisiana National Guard, it was able to transport supplies by helicopter.

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September 8, 2016


Topic Area: Information Technology


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