Emergency Readiness
In this episode, Betty Chu, M.D., chief medical officer at Advocate Health, discusses leading a health system through Hurricane Helene, responding to nationwide IV fluid shortages, and coordinating emergency management.
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Explore field-tested strategies for improving hospital capacity readiness and maintaining safe, coordinated care during public health emergencies.
Explore field-tested strategies for strengthening supply chain resilience and supporting continuity of care during public health emergencies.
AHA’s resource hub for emergency response and disaster preparedness.
Twenty-five years ago, our nation experienced one of the darkest days in its history, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. This anniversary also arrives during National Preparedness Month, a reminder that readiness is at the core of healthcare’s mission.
What began as a holiday trip to visit grandparents on a church mission in Uruguay turned into a life-threatening medical emergency for 3-year-old Estelle Santiago of Midway, Utah.
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s Rural Health Redesign Center will host a webinar on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. ET, where hospital CEOs will discuss the process of converting to a rural emergency hospital designation.
The (AABB Disaster Task Force, of which the AHA is a member, on July 24 issued a statement that the U.S. blood supply is at significant risk for blood shortages.
In May, U.S. passengers from the international cruise ship where a hantavirus outbreak began were transported to Omaha, Neb., to be monitored in the National Quarantine Unit on the campus of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center.