King County Healthcare Coalition
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Meet the Public Health Healthcare Coalition Development Team
Allison Schletzbaum, Regional Medical Resource Center Planner, Harborview
Amy Eiden, King County Prosecuting Attorney
Bryan Heartsfiel, Field Operations Manager
Carlos Dominguez, Long Term Care and Home Health Planning Manager
Cynthia Dold, Healthcare Coalition Program Manager, PHSKC
Danica Mann, Regional Hospital Preparedness Manager, Overlake Hospital
Jeff Duchin, MD, Chief, Communicable Disease Control, PHSKC
Joe Cropley, Regional Call Center Coordination Planner, Washington Poison Center
Kay Koelemay, MD, Pediatrician, Palliative Care and Home Health Liaison
Lewis Rubinson, MD, Disaster Medicine Director, PHSKC
Lydia Ortega, Healthcare Coalition Program Assistant, PHSKC
Michelle McDaniel, Mental Health Planning Manager, PHSKC/King County Mental Health
Onora Lien, Healthcare Coalition Special Projects Manager, PHSKC
Tony Cebollero, Alternate Care Facilities Planner, PHSKC
Que Mathis, Healthcare Coalition Program Assistant, PHSKC
Meet the King County Healthcare Coalition members & partners
MEMBERS
- Auburn Regional Medical Center
- Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center
- Community Health Centers of King County
- Country Doctor Community Health Centers
- Enumclaw Regional Hospital
- Evergreen Hospital Medical Center
- Fairfax Hospital
- Franciscan Medical Group
- Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center
- Group Health Cooperative
- Harborview Medical Center
- Highline Medical Center
- Hospice of Seattle
- International Community Health Services
- Kindred Healthcare
- Minor & James Medical
- Muckleshoot Tribal Health Program
- Multicare Health System
- Northwest Hospital & Medical Center
- Northwest Kidney Centers
- Overlake Hospital Medical Center
- Pacific Medical Centers
- Pediatric Associates
- Polyclinic
- Public Health Seattle & King County Clinics
- Puget Sound Blood Center
- Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Centers
- Regional Hospital for Respiratory & Complex Care
- SEAMAR Community Health Centers
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
- Seattle Indian Health Board
- Snoqualmie Tribal Health Services
- Snoqualmie Valley Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital
- Swedish Medical Center
- University of Washington Medical Center
- University of Washington Physicians Network
- Valley Medical Center
- Virginia Mason Hospital & Medical Center
- Visiting Nurses Services of the Northwest
- Washington Poison Center
- West Seattle Community Hospital
- West Seattle Psychiatric Hospital
PARTNERS
- Aetna
- Airlift Northwest
- American Red Cross
- City & County Emergency Management
- Community Health Plan of Washington
- Consolidated Laundry
- Department of Social & Health Services
- Fire Departments within King County
- First Choice Health
- Home Care Association of Washington
- Hospital Central Services
- King County Medical Society
- King County Sheriffs Office
- King County Medical Examiners Office
- Medical Services Team
- Molina Healthcare
- Northwest Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Paramedic Providers within King County
- Police Departments within King County
- Premera Blue Cross
- Private Ambulance Companies
- Puget Sound Energy
- Qwest
- Regence Blue Shield
- Seattle Aging & Disability Services
- Seattle Center
- Seattle City Light
- Seattle University
- University of Washington
- Verizon
- Veterans Association Puget Sound Healthcare System
- Washington State Hospital Association
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ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH - SKC ADVANCED PRACTICE CENTER
Public Health – Seattle & King County APC is a resource for local public health agencies throughout the nation as it develops plans and builds local and regional capacity for responding to an act of bioterrorism or other public health emergency. PHSKC APC has contributed to the nation’s preparedness through the development of a number of best practice tools for public health departments nationwide. Some of these products include:
The
Planning and Managing Isolation & Quarantine Web Toolkit includes tools for putting a plan together, an I&Q response center model, and tabletop exercises for testing your I&Q plan.
An Emergency Risk Communication Course for Public Health Professionals was developed in collaboration with the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine. This course was designed to provide an introduction to emergency risk communication concepts and principles.
Speak First: Communicating Effectively in Times of Crisis and Uncertainty is a proven, practical training for building the skills to delivering first messages in the early hours of a crisis. Learn what you need to know, to sharpen your skills and to teach others how to master these best practices.
Hello, how may I help you?: Creating and operating a Public Information Call Center is a toolkit to assist public health departments in building capacity to handle a surge in phone calls during an emergency.
Preparing for Pandmic Flu: It's Not Business as Usual offers business engagement outreach template and resources for developing partnerships with the business community around public heath preparedness, specifically pandemic influenza.
The
Managing Surge Response and Public Health Workforce Activation Toolkit is a web-based toolkit to guide local public health agencies in development of a response-ready workforce by defining surge functions and matching staff resources to emergent response needs. The purpose of the Toolkit is to help your jurisdiction save time during your planning process by suggesting a planning framework.
For more information about the Public Health-Seattle and King County APC please contact the APC Program Manager,
Carina Elsenboss.
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ABOUT NACCHO ADVANCED PRACTICE CENTERS
We could not have undertaken this process without the support of an Advanced Practice Center Grant from the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Advanced Practice Centers (APCs) are local Public Health agencies that are developing best practice tools and resources to help advance preparation, response and recovery in the event of emergency situations. APCs are funded by the
National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO), in collaboration with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Learn more about the Advance Practice work being done across the nation and what additional tools are available to help your local Public Health agency's preparedness efforts.
This Web Toolkit was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U50/CCU302718 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC or NACCHO.
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