Hospitals are creating systems to enable them to respond and adapt to changing conditions in the field.
CLEAR—Convening Leaders for Emergency and Response is a national partnership in which AHA’s convenes national emergency preparedness leaders to bridge gaps across national preparedness strategies. The CLEAR Field Guide for Emergency Preparedness is a roadmap with a set of aligned priorities and actionable strategies that health care, public health, fire/EMS and emergency management can implement.
A rare hantavirus outbreak aboard an international cruise ship became a real-world test of America's infectious disease preparedness infrastructure. In this conversation, Angela Hewlett, M.D., professor of infectious diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, explains how her team helped monitor and care for Americans exposed to the Andes hantavirus strain, the only known hantavirus capable of person-to-person transmission.
“Strategies for Medical Surge Management During Public Health Emergencies” provides hospitals and health systems with field-informed approaches to anticipate and manage medical surges during natural and human-caused disasters and other large-scale public health emergencies.
Health care leaders from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and Corewell Health Children’s share evidence-based practices and protocols emergency departments can implement to address the needs of children experiencing the impact of disasters.
A collection of tip sheets that provide hospitals and health systems with tangible strategies to effectively prepare for and respond to varying emergency scenarios.
Insights on how hospital and health system leaders are investing and partnering in this evolving landscape to create sustainable value for their communities.
Learn how hospitals and health systems are investing and partnering in behavioral health, where they face challenges and opportunities for strategic alignment and financial sustainability, and how they aim to leverage behavioral health to support their communities.
Video series aims to help members determine which direction the field may be heading and how to prepare.