Given the complexity of the health care environment and the threats to patient safety and quality care, collaboration with other members of the health care team is vital. Fortunately, there are many organizations investing significant time in providing helpful resources and recommendations.
Impact on Japan's Economy. The Triple Disaster devastated Japan's economy in four ways. First, it destroyed 138,000 buildings and cost $360 billion in economic damage. This is more than the $250 billion cost estimate for Hurricane Katrina.
Japanâs economy, the largest in the world after the U.S., was fused to the Westâs, and Japan marched alongside the West into recession. With a large economic stimulus package in place, however, Japan pulled out of recession in the third quarter of 2009.