NCW HERC Objectives
- Healthcare organizations and other stakeholders build and maintain strong relationships, identify hazards and risks, and prioritize and address gaps through planning, training, exercising, and managing resources.
- Collaborate to identify common gaps, share and analyze information, manage and share resources, and coordinate strategies to deliver medical care to all populations during emergencies and planned events.
- Provide uninterrupted, timely, efficient, and optimal care to all populations in the face of damaged or disabled health care infrastructure.
- Assure healthcare workers are well-trained, well-educated, and well-equipped to care for patients during emergencies.
- Conduct simultaneous response and recovery operations.