“Continued disaster-planning drills, improved communication among federal, state and local providers, and the use of electronic health records are some best practices that could help seniors during disasters, experts told lawmakers at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), the committee’s ranking member who called the hearing, and Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), the committee’s chairman, said caring for seniors in disasters has been an especially important issue since Hurricane Katrina, when the senior population represented the majority of storm-related deaths.”
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Jessica Zigmond, Modern Healthcare, 24 June 2009
