Indiana District 5 Healthcare Coalition

Welcome To The District 5 Healthcare Coalition

PREPARE | RESPOND | RECOVER

The District 5 Healthcare Coalition is a collaborative network of healthcare organizations and their respective public and private sector response partners within Indiana District 5. D5 HCC serves as a multidisciplinary, multi-agency group that assists in the coordination with local Emergency Management agencies through Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 of the National Response Framework with preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities by:

Working with the appropriate level of emergency operations providers by sharing information among participating healthcare organizations and jurisdictional authorities to promote common situational awareness.
Supporting the needs of healthcare organizations through collaboration of coalition partners’ various Emergency Operation Plans.
Meeting community needs by promoting the quality of disaster patient/victim care services and improving overall healthcare response capabilities.
Developing and implementing effective practices including continuity planning, education, training and evaluation as they relate to emergency preparedness.
Serve to strengthen and sustain the public health and medical response system by properly analyzing gaps.
Promoting healthcare providers’ capacity to anticipate the plan of care in the event of a medical surge.