Planning Areas
The Coalition worked together to define key areas that would help the group focus and were defined by:
- Priorities raised by the broader membership and membership categories
- Priorities that would address regional surge capacity and capability
- Priorities that would address health sector surge capacity and capability
- Priorities that would address response gaps in the region
- Priorities that would address seamless communications and coordination
The following focus areas have been assigned an ongoing workgroup, special projects team or advising committee that oversees specific action items towards achieving specific objectives.
Healthcare Sector
- Ambulatory Care
- Behavioral Health
- Home Health, Home Care
- Hospitals
- Long Term Care
- Palliative Care
- Pediatric Care
Regional Surge Capacity Projects
- Alternate Care Facilities Project
- Business Resiliencey Workshops
- Disaster Family Information and Assistance
- Healthcare Mass Fatality Management
- Regional Medical Evacuation & Patient Tracking
- Volunteer Management System
Special Advisory Groups/ Clinical Planning Groups
- Infectious Disease Workgroup
- Legal Workgroup
- Medical Directors Committee
- Methadone Preparedness Workgroup
- Palliative Care Workgroup
- Pharmaceutical Task Force
- Puget Sound Call Center Coordination
Regular updates on focus areas and training and exercise opportunities are distributed to the Healthcare Coalition through a monthly Newsletter . Your health jurisdiction can review these Newsletters to see concrete examples of action items and focus area accomplishments.
