Membership Benefits

Membership in the District 6 Healthcare Coalition is open to all entities or individuals that agree to work collaboratively on healthcare preparedness, mitigation, emergency response, and recovery activities

Coalition Membership Benefits
Coalition Partner

(Long term care center, behavioral organizations, rural health clinics, non-government organizations, ambulatory surgery centers, DOD/VA Treatment Centers, End Stage Renal Disease Facilities, Home Health Agencies, and Hospice)

  • Maintaining strong working relationships with other healthcare entities and emergency preparedness officials throughout the District and State

  • Streamlined information and resource sharing

  • Participation in regional hazard vulnerability assessments and threat and hazard identification risk assessments

  • Compliance with the new CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule and all regulatory accreditation standards

  • Healthcare intelligence, surveillance, and improved situational awareness with evolving incidents in the District and State

  • Improved communication coordination and mass alerting capability

  • Coordinated regional Training & Education that tests organizational and regional capabilities that lead to better outcome for patients and staff

  • Free education opportunities for healthcare entity staff and/or facility to obtain certifications related to the current grant cycle capabilities and CMS requirements

  • Enhanced visibility within the community promoting whole community preparedness

Coalition Membership Benefits
Emergency Medical Services
  • Improved organization and collaboration of District 6's robust and diverse EMS system

  • Maintaining strong working relationships with other EMS and healthcare entities and emergency preparedness officials throughout the District and State

  • Streamlined information and resource sharing

  • Participation in regional hazard vulnerability assessments and threat and hazard identification risk assessments

  • Healthcare intelligence, surveillance, and improved situational awareness with evolving incidents in the District and State

  • Improved communication coordination and mass alerting capability

  • Coordinated regional Training & Education that tests organizational and regional capabilities that lead to better outcome for patients and staff

  • Free education opportunities for healthcare entity staff and/or facility to obtain certifications related to the current grant cycle capabilities

  • Enhanced visibility within the community promoting whole community preparedness

  • Stakeholder in the development of a district-regional mass casualty plan