Lessons from Sandy — Preparing Health Systems for Future Disasters December 15, 2012 Irwin Redlener, M.D., and Michael J. Reilly, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. note that it is essential to consider the health care delivery system and the public health infrastructure as an integrated whole in planning for, responding to, or recovering from large-scale disasters. Lessons learned are addressed in relation to Hurricane Sandy. New England Journal of Medicine