INCONSISTENT REGIONAL CAPABILITIES CREATE VULNERABILITY TO FUTURE PANDEMICS, ACCORDING TO RECENT READY REPORT

Healthcare Ready’s recently supplied a report to Congress on Protecting National Public Health and Health Care Infrastructure for the Next Disaster calling for increased oversight and coordination by federal officials in preparing for and responding to public health emergencies.

Highlights from the report include:

• Improvements in communication and coordination

• Strengthen accountability

• Strengthen efforts to apply an equity lens to public health and health care preparedness and response

• Increase funding for federal preparedness and response

CHUG provides long-term care facilities with expert coordination of evacuation, transportation, relocation, and shelter-in-place services when the unexpected occurs. We also offer our expertise with response and restoration services, including fire and water damage, mold remediation, infectious disease clean-up, and catastrophic loss. Become a member today >