OBJECTIVE Lessons on question content and refinement of a 2003 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Health Resources Services Administration (AHRQ-HRSA) pilot hospital preparedness assessment tool designed to capture activities in more detail than previous studies are reported in this study. METHODS Responses from fixed-choice questions, including organizational and geographical differe...

About the author: I am a professor of pediatrics and the division head of neonatology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. With 7 dedicated and resilient colleagues, I practice neonatology at 4 area hospitals and am active in medical education. I spent 4 days in a flooded downtown New Orleans hospital immediately after Hurricane Katrina and have been involved in ...