1. The Foundation of Capability:
A unique approach to assessing a regional healthcare system’s capability to maintain the provision of critical functions during emergencies

2. Objectives Describe Establish Provide
Describe emerging practices and theories that can be applied to improve community preparedness and community resilience at the local, state, tribal, and national levels.
Describe
Establish the foundation for conducting a high quality, regional healthcare capability assessment by providing an outline for project scope, key stakeholder identification and essential elements of information.
Establish
Provide a examples of how the coalition’s response validated many of the findings in the assessment.
Provide
Objectives

3. Problem Statement
How can a regional view of healthcare capability bolster a networked approach for emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation?

4. Project Description A comprehensive assessment
Whole Healthcare Community
Regional approach
Opportunity to network
Breadth of Stakeholders
Data Driven
Conditions and Events
Subjective Data
Objective Data
Capabilities Base
Hazard impact on regional healthcare capability
Interconnected capability and vulnerability

5. Process Comparison Singular vs. Networked Chart Approach
Facility focused
Event specific
Separate from mitigation strategy
Networked Approach
Common vulnerabilities and system-wide issues
Opportunity to bridge gaps
Highlights interdependencies

6. Project Outcome Lessons Learned History of development
Events and Conditions
Critical infrastructure; supply chain, access, labor pool, etc.
Regional vs. Facility Conditions
Critical functions
Mitigation Strategy
Prioritized gaps
Strength of network
The full picture
Project Outcome

7. Outcome Comparison Singular vs. Networked Networked Approach
Chart Approach
All Hazards conditions
General overview
Regional assessment of impact
Relative risk
Short range
Mitigation strategy
Resilience

8. Utilizing the Outcome Multi-faceted Facility or Organization Level
Regional Capability
Ongoing Mitigation
Hurricane Matthew

9. Contact
Will Moorhead, JD All Clear Emergency Management Group