U.S. health system unprepared for large-scale disasters, report says.

The article reports on the unpreparedness of the U.S. health care system for large-scale disasters. According to the new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, the American health care system remains ill-prepared for a large-scale natural or man-made disaster. Among several recommendations to improve preparedness were planning for alternate areas to care for patients, improving capacity levels in hospitals, and planning for delivering health care in environmental locations.