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Disaster Communications: An Overview

Maintaining open communication during a disaster is crucial to effective response. Learn more about primary communications channels and how to ensure hospitals have what they need to coordinate response.

Cyber Disruption Toolkit

Developed by the Greater New York Hospital Association, this guidance aims to assist hospitals in the development and implementation of strategies to mitigate cyber disruption impacts.

Keep an Eye on Your Inbox for Key Election Results

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Election Day is just five days away, and the outcome will have significant consequences for our nation, California, and the state’s health care system. The result of the presidential race alone could lead to significant changes in health care policy across the board.  

Enhancing Health Care Emergency Preparedness

2024 Disaster Conference

This session highlights recent resources and tools ASPR TRACIE developed in coordination with its subject matter expert, Cadre, in response to current hot topics in health care preparedness such as: cyber threats, hospital and regional patient surge management, pediatric resources, workforce shortages, utility outages, behavioral health and workforce resilience, and health care coalition engagement.

Managing Patients with Suspected Special Pathogens

2024 Disaster Conference

This presentation discusses the management of a patient with a special pathogen who presents to a front-line facility. The session reviews considerations for PPE selection, waste management, and enhanced infection control measures.

Understanding and Managing Hospital Surge

2024 Disaster Conference

This presentation delves into the critical issue of hospital surge and explores the various factors contributing increased patient volume, resource scarcity, and workforce shortages. Also discussed are the potential impacts of hospital surge on patient care quality, health care worker morale, and overall hospital operations.

Multi-Sector Collaborative Approach to Emergency Preparedness

2024 Disaster Conference

This presentation will demonstrate the importance of a multi-sector and community-based approach to Emergency Preparedness. It will include key steps to take to succeed at collaboration and highlight its importance by tying it to real world events. Attendees will learn simple steps that can be easily applied to help build collaborative efforts in the community.

A+ After-Action Reports

2024 Disaster Conference

Discover practical strategies for leveraging resources, technology, and emergency management expertise to streamline the AAR writing process. From exercises to real-life incidents, learn how to transform insights gathered into actionable recommendations that enhance organizational resilience.