The Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) website now includes information for providers looking for Healthcare Coalition contact information you may need for your emergency preparedness plans.  You can use this information to help fulfill requirements in the emergency preparedness regulations for nursing centers to assess and partner with local, tribal, regional, state, or federal emergency preparedness officials. 

The coalitions also assist in bringing health care facilities together to conduct their needed community-based assessments and training, as well as the following during an actual disaster or emergency situation:

• Facilitate uniform situational awareness during response
• Provide central coordination of regional response activities and sharing of healthcare resources
• Disseminate information within the region at the request of VDH and VHHA
• Coordinate diversion status/patient distribution within the region
• Request needed assets from other regions, the state and federal governments.

Healthcare providers looking for Healthcare Coalition contact information should identify their respective region and contact information based on the map and table provide on the VDH – Hospital & Healthcare Preparedness: Healthcare Coalition Contact Information website.