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Emergency Readiness, Emergency Departments (EDs), Collaboration & Partnerships, Workforce, Community Partnerships, Capacity Planning, Well-Being & Resilience

The Next Wave of Emergency Preparedness in Health Care

In November, the American Hospital Association hosted a panel session discussing the “next wave of emergency preparedness,” at Becker’s 10th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in Chicago. This session centered on three priority areas that health care leaders must address to prepare, respond and recover from future public health emergencies: strengthening cross-sector partnerships, building workforce capacity and resilience, and fostering a culture of preparedness.

AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, Rural issues

Five takeaways from the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference session on reimagining emergency management systems

The AHA and Department of Health and Human Services, by way of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, have entered into a new grant to strengthen and reimagine the emergency management system for the nation’s health care and public health preparedness, response and recovery efforts to disasters and other emergencies.