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Request for Feedback: Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP) Capability Refresh
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and NACCHO are requesting your feedback on the proposed...
Jul 28, 2016 | Stephen Maheux
Community Planning Framework Available to Help with Medical Surge Planning
Medical surge – defined by the CDC as “the ability of a healthcare system to provide adequate medical care during events that exceed...
Apr 07, 2016 | Stephen Maheux
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Releases Valuable Resources to...
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has released two valuable resources for local, state and federal partners as...
Dec 18, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
Making the Case for Surge Planning: Using Healthcare Coalitions as a Framework
By Geoffrey Mwaungulu, JD, MPH, Program Analyst, NACCHO and Stacy Stanford, MSPH, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO During 2014, the...
Jul 29, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.
Download Available for the Ebola Readiness Assessment Webinar
On May 11, CDC hosted a webinar about the Ebola readiness assessment strategy. The webinar covered medical care of persons under...
May 15, 2015 | Admin
Subcommittee Hearing: Strategic Perspectives on the Bioterrorism Threat
On April 22, The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications held a hearing regarding...
Apr 30, 2015 | Rachel Schulman
Supplemental Ebola Funding for State and Local Health Departments
The outbreak in West Africa represents the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. While there have only been a few...
Jan 20, 2015 | Katie Dwyer
Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments...
“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners...
Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group May Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group held its monthly call on May 14. The workgroup welcomed the following new members to the group:...
May 20, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Request for Feedback: Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP) Capability RefreshThe Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and NACCHO are requesting your feedback on the proposed draft of the 2017 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities. This refresh consolidates the capabilities from the original fifteen down to four core capabilities that reflect high-level objectives of the nation’s healthcare delivery system. In order to ensure... Jul 28, 2016 | Stephen Maheux |
Community Planning Framework Available to Help with Medical Surge PlanningMedical surge – defined by the CDC as “the ability of a healthcare system to provide adequate medical care during events that exceed the limits of the normal medical infrastructure of an affected community” – is a major concern among the healthcare community during a natural disaster, disease outbreak, or act of terrorism. While many […] Apr 07, 2016 | Stephen Maheux |
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Releases Valuable Resources to Illustrate IMPACT of CDC and ASPRThe NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has released two valuable resources for local, state and federal partners as well as policy makers to illustrate the impact of CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) and ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) funds. Please share these resources with your colleagues: 1) Impact Stories – A […] Dec 18, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
Making the Case for Surge Planning: Using Healthcare Coalitions as a FrameworkBy Geoffrey Mwaungulu, JD, MPH, Program Analyst, NACCHO and Stacy Stanford, MSPH, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO During 2014, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events organized a series of workshops tasked with identifying opportunities to strengthen regional coordination to ensure effective medical and public health response to... Jul 29, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr. |
Download Available for the Ebola Readiness Assessment WebinarOn May 11, CDC hosted a webinar about the Ebola readiness assessment strategy. The webinar covered medical care of persons under investigation; HPP requirements for Ebola assessment hospitals; healthcare systems tools and guidance; and PHEP supplemental funding and requirements. To download the webinar, follow these instructions: Visit this link:... May 15, 2015 | Admin |
Subcommittee Hearing: Strategic Perspectives on the Bioterrorism ThreatOn April 22, The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications held a hearing regarding the threat of bioterrorism and the steps that need to be taken to prepare for and mitigate it. With recognition that bioterrorism is an urgent, continuing threat in an increasingly interconnected world, there is concern that recommendations […] Apr 30, 2015 | Rachel Schulman |
Supplemental Ebola Funding for State and Local Health DepartmentsThe outbreak in West Africa represents the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. While there have only been a few cases in the United States, and the risk of an outbreak in the United States is low, the public health and healthcare communities have, and continue to, implement steps to prevent, prepare for, […] Jan 20, 2015 | Katie Dwyer |
Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments to Respond to Global Health Security Threats?“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners across the country are mulling this question as concern grows over the threat posed by Ebola to global health security. This question is inevitably followed up with, “Are we ready?” Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group May ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group held its monthly call on May 14. The workgroup welcomed the following new members to the group: Charlette Solis, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Mobile County Health Department in Mobile, AL; Alyce Wagner, Public Health Preparedness Finance/HPP Section Chief, Arkansas Department of Health in Little Rock, AR; Dee Ann Bagwell, Director of Policy […] May 20, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
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