The Mississippi Statewide ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition and

the 9-District Planning Coalitions

Building Resilient Mississippi Communities

The MS Statewide ESF8 Healthcare Coalition and the 9-Planning Coalitions

Definition: A collaborative network of healthcare organizations working in conjunction with Emergency Management and respective public and private sector response partners to serve as a multi-agency coordinating (MAC) to assist with preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities related to healthcare organization disaster operations.

The MS Statewide ESF8 Healthcare Coalition and the 9-Planning Coalitions

Purpose: The Healthcare Coalition and Planning Coalitions, working in conjunction with Emergency Management, provide a healthcare system-wide approach to prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents that have a public health and medical impact in the short and long-term.

The MS Statewide ESF8 Healthcare Coalition and the 9-Planning Coalitions

Function: To support local, district and statewide healthcare system and emergency management activities involving the whole community. This includes building partnerships, planning, training, exercises and evaluation.

The MS Statewide ESF8 Healthcare Coalition and the 9-Planning Coalitions

Bottom line : Working in conjunction with Emergency Management to improve community resiliency through:

•Preparedness: partnerships, planning and exercises

•Improving communication and information sharing

•Improving situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture during emergency response

The MS Statewide ESF8 Healthcare Coalition and the 9-District Planning Coalitions

Two Separate Coalitions Supporting Local Response;

Same Goals, Different Strategy:

• Local/District: District Planning Coalitions (DPC)

• State Level: MS ESF8 Healthcare Coalition (MEHC)

District Planning Coalitions (DPC): Local ESF8 (Public Health & Medical Services) partners, LEPCs and Emergency Management, public/private sectors and community/faith-based organizations working together in preparedness activities:

•Building Partnerships

•Planning and Exercises

•Improving Communication and Information Sharing

District Planning Coalitions I II

III IV

V VI

VII VIII

IX

I II

III IV

V VI

VII VIII

IX

Local partners in the 9-Public Health districts are building partnerships and improving communication

by planning and exercising together

Who else should be at the table with you?

MS Statewide ESF8 Healthcare Coalition

(MEHC)

Purpose: During larger responses, provide state

agencies and state-wide associations with accurate and

up-to-date information, to anticipate needs and make

recommendations to their local members being

impacted and to be informed as they work with their

county Emergency Manager.

MS Statewide ESF8 Healthcare Coalition

(MEHC) Process: The MEHC is activated when public health and medical services are impacted by an emergency and when:

•The Public Health Command Center (PHCC) is activated or when,

•Requested by the Director of State MS Dept. of Health (MSDH), Office of Emergency Planning and Response (OEPR)

MS Statewide ESF8 Healthcare Coalition (MEHC)

Function: During response, state agencies and statewide associations receive email invitations to MEHC conference calls (followed by email with the minutes and slides) to discuss information relevant to ESF8 partners gathered from:

• Governor's debriefing • MEMA

• US Corps of Engineers • NOAA

• MSDH Epidemiology • CDC

• MS Homeland Security • Levee Board

MEHC Conference Call Agenda •Governor's briefing •Situation Report •ESF8 activities and deployments •Q&A and discussions with partners •Partners share unmet needs •Minutes for each call are emailed

MEHC Minutes example

MEHC Minutes example

Governor

Public Health Command Center

ESF-8 Emergency Coordinating Officer

MS ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition (MEHC) Strategic Communications Chart

State Emergency Operations Center

State Emergency Response Team

State Level MEHC

State Healthcare Coalition Coordinator

Agencies and Associations invited to each MEHC Conference Call

MS Assn for Assisted Living Facilities Assn.

(ALFA)

Independent Nursing Home Assn.(INHA)

MS Assn. for Home Care (Home Health)

MS Health Care Assn. (MS HCA)

Home Health Agencies

Assisted Living Facilities

Network-8 Dialysis

La-MS Hospice & Palliative Care Org. (LMHPCO)

Hospice

Health Care Facility Gaps MSDH Licensure

MS State Board of Pharmacy (BOP)

MS State Dept. of Health

Mississippi Hospital Association (via SMARTT)

MS Pharmacists Assn. (MPhA)

MS Board of Medical Licensure

Physicians

MS Board of Nursing

VA Hospitals and Clinics

MS Dental Assn

Military Hospitals

MS State Board of Dentistry

MS Nurses Association

Office of Health Policy/Planning

Office of Field Services

MS Dept. of Corrections

State Level MEHC

MS Medical Assn

Long-term Care

Hospitals

Office of Health Protection

Pharmacists

Office of Communicable Diseases

Office of Health Services

Dentists

Nurses

MS Funeral Directors Association

MS Division of Medicaid

MS Institutions of Higher Learning

MS State Board of Community and Junior

Colleges

MS Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce/Bureau of Plant

MS Dept. of Human Services

MS Dept. of Environmental Quality

Office of the State Medical Examiner

MS Coroner’s Association

MS Board of Animal Health

MS Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc

Food Safety

Fatality Management

Mississippi Mortuary Response Team (MMRT)

Agricultural Theft & Consumer

Animal Health Issues MS Vet Medical Association

MS Primary Health Care Assn.(MPHCA)

Community Health Centers

MS Dept. of Voc Rehab Voc Rehab CLIENTS MS Dept. of Mental Health

MS Military Dept.

Special Medical Need Sheltering

Medicaid Information

Logistical support/ transportation support

Security

General Population Sheltering

MS Dept. of Public Safety

Sanitation Services

Mental Health Clinics

Agencies and associations distribute information to

their local members/partners at their

digression

MEHC Partners (partial list)

•Assisted Living (ALFA, INHA, MHCA, MCAL) •Community College State Board •Coroners & Medical Examiners Association •Dental Association •Dental Examiners State Board (MSBDE) •Dialysis (Network 8) •Funeral Directors & Morticians Association •Healthcare (MHCA) Home Health •Home Health (MAHC) •Hospice & Palliative Care Association (LMHPCO) •Hospitals: MHA, Military, Parchman, UMMC, VA •Institutions of Higher Learning •Medical Licensure State Board •Mortuary Response Team (MMRT) •Nursing State Board •Pharmacy State Board •Primary Healthcare (MPHCA)

MS State Dept of Health •Ag & Commerce •Ag Theft & Consumer Protection •Dental Services •Environmental Quality •Field Services •Health Facilities, LTC, Licensure & Certification • Health Disparity •Human Services • Policy & Planning •Emergency Planning & Response •Mental Health •Rehabilitation (& Vocational) (MDRS) •Rural Health/Primary Care •State Emergency Response Team (SERT) •Women, Infant & Child (WIC)

MEHC Testimonials

“The information that we receive during the conference calls and from the situational reports has been extremely helpful to us and to our dialysis providers.”

Network 8, Inc.

MEHC Testimonials “Being a part of MEHC (ESF8) provides the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy with the opportunity to enhance and fulfill our mission of protecting the public health by offering us the most accurate and current information we need in order to make important decisions during a response.”

Steve Parker, Deputy Director Mississippi Board of Pharmacy

MEHC Testimonials “Some of the most effective planning for response to disasters comes from the coordinated efforts of Healthcare Coalitions.”

Timothy H. Moore, President/CEO Mississippi Hospital Association

MEHC Testimonials “Healthcare Coalitions are essential for planning, responding and recovering from disasters.”

Lee W. Smithson, Executive Director, MEMA

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