NJ Department of Health Awards 樱花视频 Hospital Association $3.1 Million to Enhance Statewide Emergency Preparedness through Health Care Coalitions
PO Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
For Release: July 24, 2019
Marcela Ospina Maziarz Acting Commissioner
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NJ Department of Health Awards 樱花视频 Hospital Association $3.1 Million to Enhance Statewide Emergency Preparedness through Health Care Coalitions
The 樱花视频 Department of Health has awarded the 樱花视频 Hospital Association (NJHA) a $3.1 million grant to enhance statewide hospital and public health emergency preparedness through health care coalitions.
Through a cooperative agreement with the Department’s Office of Disaster Resilience, NJHA will build acute care medical surge capacity by working with stakeholders to create, maintain and grow health care coalitions that will identify gaps and share best practices by working with local partners. This work will bolster the state’s health care and public health emergency management system by enhancing medical readiness, response coordination, continuity of health care service and medical surge capacity.
"The success of a public health emergency response relies on the strength of our preparedness planning efforts," said interim Acting Commissioner Marcela Ospina Maziarz. "NJHA's leadership in creating strong, sustainable heal