Emergency Preparedness

Healthcare organizations face emergencies as widely varied as mass casualty incidents to infectious disease threats. The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association offers members the latest information on those threats with guidance from a wide range of state, federal and clinical resources.
03.11.2024  | MHA hospital COVID-19 inpatient update
10.28.2021  | Capturing a Crisis: MHA’s Weekly Behavioral Health Boarding Reports
Capturing a Crisis: MHA’s Weekly Behavioral Health Boarding Reports
04.10.2020  | Caregiver Wellbeing Resources
Caregiver Wellbeing Resources
03.09.2020  | COVID-19 Supplemental Funding Bill Enacted
On March 6, the president signed an $8.3 billion funding bill for COVID-19-related activities for the United States and abroad.
03.04.2020  | Copy of Coronavirus
Information and resources on the Coronavirus
03.04.2020  | Coronavirus
Information and resources on the Coronavirus
03.03.2020  | Coronavirus Resources Best Practices
Coronavirus Resources Best Practices
03.03.2020  | Coronavirus Provider Toolkits
Coronavirus provider toolkits
02.17.2020  | It’s Now Covid-19, and the Risk in Mass. Remains “Low”
DPH reports that the risk of the novel coronavirus – newly named Covid-19 last week by the World Health Organization – is still low in Massachusetts.
02.03.2020  | The Spread of Coronavirus
As of late last week, the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had spread to more than 8,000 people around the world (but mostly in China) and has caused more than 210 deaths in China.
01.27.2020  | Novel Coronavirus Risk in Mass. is Low for Now
DPH last week informed hospitals and other providers to be on the lookout for potential coronavirus patients.
09.02.2019  | Are You Prepared?
DPH’s Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management has announced details of its “Know, Plan, Prepare” campaign to alert individuals and organizations about disaster preparedness materials.
06.10.2019  | Bipartisan Pandemic and Preparedness Bill Passes Congress
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 4 passed S.1379, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019, which the Senate had passed in May.
01.14.2019  | Rx Prices in the Crosshairs
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), along with several Democratic Senate and House members, including House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), announced the release of three bills intended to lower drug prices.
01.14.2019  | Flu Dropped a Bit Last Week but is Expected to Worsen
Even though incidences of influenza in Massachusetts dropped slightly last week as compared to the week before, DPH still considers flu "widespread" and at "high" intensity.
11.19.2018  | Another Flu Reminder
Get vaccinated!
10.01.2018  | MGH to Lead Partnership Developing Disaster Response System
Massachusetts General Hospital is just one of two hospitals nationwide to receive an important federal grant to develop a regional plan for delivering medical care during an emergency.
09.24.2018  | Kudos to Lawrence General (and a Caution About Ratios)
Congratulations to Lawrence General Hospital which treated a large influx of patients from the gas explosions that rocked the towns of Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover.
09.03.2018  | Are You Ready? September is Preparedness Month
In the event of a public health or medical emergency, a wide-scale threat or a disaster, will you be ready?
08.27.2018  | DPH on Hepatitis A and West Nile Virus
Massachusetts DPH last week issued advisories about Hepatitis A and West Nile virus.

Resources

Click on the link below for timely webinars, articles, toolkits and more with information on stress management, self-care, and caregiver support. (April 2020)