National Weather Service Briefing on the 2023 Hurricane Season

The Virginia Healthcare Emergency Management Program (VHEMP), in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) Office of Emergency Preparedness and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), is hosting a webinar briefing on May 24 at noon featuring Eric Seymour, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS). The briefing will focus on […]

VHEMP Statewide Communication Test 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season

The Virginia Healthcare Emergency Management Program, in cooperation with the Office of Emergency Preparedness of the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, will conduct a statewide communication test. Your regional healthcare coalition will provide additional details of the communication test; please contact them directly with any questions or concerns regarding […]

VDH HAI/AR Webinar: CDC and CMS COVID-19 Updated Guidance for Infection Prevention in Healthcare Facilities

Dear healthcare colleagues, You are invited to a Virginia Department of Health (VDH) webinar on June 14th, 12-1PM: CDC and CMS COVID-19 Updated Guidance for Infection Prevention in Healthcare Facilities During this free webinar, members of the VDH's Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antimicrobial Resistance Program will review the latest CDC and CMS COVID-19 guidance regarding infection […]

CISA Active Shooter Preparedness Webinar

Thursday, July 13, 2023 1:00 p.m. EDT THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), CISA Region 3 (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) invites you to join a two-hour security webinar. This webinar provides information and best practices that supports and enhances the emergency […]

Lessons Learned from Guam Preparedness and Disability Integration

This virtual offering will highlight key lessons learned, successes, and takeaways gathered from the 2023 stakeholder meeting of the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services, the University of Guam CEDDARS, the government of Guam, and the disability community.

Introducing New Approaches to Enhance Power Outage Support for Life Support Users

This virtual offering will brief attendees about the significant increase in power outages and their impact on in-home life support users, explain current barriers for life support users when navigating and surviving power outages, and introduce the Louisiana Department of Health’s (LDH) Power Outage Partners pilot and the range of other approaches jurisdictions can employ […]

Maintaining Patient Access to Care in Rural America

The webinar will focus on the implementation and successes of the AZ REACH program, which serves as a patient transfer system that can be quickly mobilized during a variety of public health events.

Workshop on Preparing for Future Public Health Emergencies

The objectives of the joint workshop include identifying strategies and promising practices for detecting new and emerging threats, enhancing public health infrastructure and workforce, improving legal and administrative preparedness, tackling increasingly concurrent emergencies.