Patent ID: 8190448

Claim:
A method of preparing a healthcare facility for a supply of healthcare products using a computer program executed by a computer having a processor, the method comprising: providing in the computer program a first list comprising a list of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical healthcare continuity products, wherein the healthcare continuity products are selected based on typical usage by the healthcare facility; providing in the computer program a second list comprising a list of surge preparedness pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical healthcare products, wherein at least a portion of the surge preparedness healthcare products are selected to treat symptoms and/or complications of a specified illness; on an input screen generated by the processor, providing to the computer program assumptions related to a potential supply disruption, the assumptions including an estimate of a population served by the healthcare facility and a period of time of the potential supply disruption; on the input screen generated by the processor, providing to the computer program a set of assumptions relating to a patient surge, the set of assumptions including a pandemic disease attack rate a total population served by the healthcare facility, a hospitalization rate of the population based on the pandemic disease attack rate and a length of a pandemic disease outbreak; and executing the computer program using the computer to process the list of healthcare continuity products, the list of surge preparedness healthcare products and assumptions related to the supply disruption, the patient surge, or both, to obtain recommended minimum healthcare product inventory required to support the healthcare facility during the supply disruption and the patient surge.