Healthcare Leadership Council: 100 Leading Healthcare Organizations Release Disaster Preparedness Recommendations
Experts from across healthcare have identified specific policy and regulatory recommendations to improve the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to future health crises. The recommendations are part of a new report released by the
The recommendations include some temporary steps taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic, which have proven beneficial and should be made permanent going forward, the experts say. These include making it easier for public and private organizations to work in partnership, prioritizing supply chain readiness before crises arise, streamlining regulations that allow providers to practice medicine where they are needed most without unwieldy state licensure concerns, and enabling hospitals to meet the needs of all patients during times of surge capacity.
"Public emergencies will continue to happen and may become more frequent and severe," said
Among the report's recommendations, experts highlight the following essential changes:
* Launching a standing disaster preparedness group, appointed by and working with the
* Modernizing the healthcare supply chain through digitalization, automation, and predictive analytics, with standardized approaches for allocating resources based on need and equity to prevent bidding wars between states and healthcare providers.
* Creating measures to ensure health equity and address disparities, identifying high-risk vulnerable populations and directing resources accordingly.
* Improving economic resilience with strategic incentives such as zero percent loans, federally guaranteed purchase commitments, and geographic diversification of production for critical medical products.
* Building a 21st century public health early warning system that will utilize all available electronic health records and public health data collection.
* Passing legislation and regulatory reform to create rapid response capabilities in areas such as medical licensure portability, telehealth accessibility, and swift access to PPE stockpiles.
* Making it easier and more secure for private industry and government to share data by updating anti-trust laws, enacting strong privacy protections, and ensuring broad access to the data.
The report authors note that private-public partnerships have been essential during the ongoing response to COVID-19 and the recommendations included in the report have buy-in from private-sector, nonprofit, and government stakeholders.
"The COVID-19 pandemic and immediate response has exposed vulnerabilities in the nation's ability to handle a national-scale crisis," said
Contributors and Participants:
AdvaMed
AdventHealth
America's Blood Centers
Amgen
Ascension
Biogen
Cigna/Express Scripts
City of Hope
Civica Rx
ConnectiveRx
Cotiviti
Deloitte
Epic
Healthcare Ready
IQVIA
Mallinckrodt
McKesson
Medtronic
Merck
Pharmacy HIT Collaborative
PhRMA
Primary Care Collaborative
Section 32
Senior Helpers
Stryker
UCB
Vineti
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