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January Updates:

1/15/2024

 
American Medical Association (AMA): How Tribal Medical Education Programs Could Solve the Rural Health Care Crisis
In the latest episode of the AMA Update podcast, AMA takes a look at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s unique partnership with The Cherokee Nation. Natasha Bray, DO, dean of OSUCOM at the Cherokee Nation, joins to share how this innovative partnership came to life and the impact it’s expected to have in the local community. Dr. Bray details the unique clinical training students receive and why it’s important for physicians to truly understand the communities they serve. Listen to the full podcast episode from AMA.

Access and Functional Needs (AFN) Web-Based Training​
ASPR has developed the HHS/ ASPR Access and Functional Needs (AFN) Web-Based Training to help public health officials, emergency managers, and social/human service providers learn how to address Access and Functional Needs (AFN) in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. This is great class to take yourself and to share with HCC partners.
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PDF fact sheet for more information
To take the course



Operation Shelter-in-Place: A HazMat Incident – Training & Exercise Program for Healthcare Facilities
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The Northeast Florida Healthcare Coalition (HCC) and Northeast Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee for Hazardous Materials (LEPC) partnered to create a training and exercise program intended to enhance the shelter-in-place capabilities of healthcare facilities in the event of a hazardous materials incident. The materials provided may be useful tools that you may use when creating similar education, training, and exercise items that meet the needs of our Michigan partners and facilities.
Operation Shelter-in-Place Training & Exercise Documents

Free Emergency Preparedness Training Available

The Advancing Resilience for Community Health in Emergency Response (ARCHER) program is a free series of resources and training on emergency preparedness topics designed for health center staff. 

Developed by Healthcare Ready and the Centene Charitable Foundation, ARCHER provides resources for those responsible for daily preparedness planning and individuals new to the field and interested in learning more. Training resources are provided to guide teams through: 
  • Emergency response planning and preparation 
  • Strengthening local partnerships for crisis response 
  • Crisis communications 
  • Supporting frontline staff through sustained disasters 
  • Intro to cybersecurity preparedness 
  • ARCHER is completely free and available today. Get started by exploring free resources.
Get started today by visiting or contacting the Healthcare Ready team to learn more at [email protected].

Free resources are available here!


Free On-Demand Webinars

Available free of charge until January 19, 2024
In celebration of Health Law Week, the American Health Law Association (AHLA) is providing two on-demand, previously recorded, webinars at no charge January 8-19, 2024:
  • The Future is Now: AI in Health Care
  • Value-Based Care: Options, Barriers, Opportunities, and the New Normal

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