The GNYHA Foundation received several grants to preprare GNYHA hospital and and long-term care facilities in the event of an emergency.
- With funding from the New York State Department of Health, the GNYHA Foundation developed training resources to identify emergency preparedness training needs for hospital staff and the legal obstacles that exist for hospitals with respect to triaging patients during a disaster. These training resources are available on the GNYHA website. Click here to access these resources.
- The GNYHA Foundation received funding from the Health Research, Inc. and the Fund for Public Health in New York to enhance hospitals’ preparedness for bioterrorism emergencies. Among the activities supported under the grant; GNYHA conducted drills of the New York State Department of Health Emergency Response Data System (HERDS); GNYHA member hospitals participated in drills simulating mass casualties throughout the New York City metropolitan area; and GNYHA assessed training needs for hospitals in New York State, particularly around readiness for mass smallpox vaccination clinics. These training resources are available on the GNYHA website. Click here to access these resources.
- The GNYHA Foundation received a grant for the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition, the long-term care affiliate of the Greater New York Hospital Association, to host several full day educational conferences within New York to help long term care facilities ensure emergency preparedness.
- The GNYHA Foundation received grants from The Commonwealth Fund and the United Hospital Fund to support the development of Web resources, training materials, and educational programs on emergency preparedness. Among other items, the funding helped support the development of the brochure, Do You Know Your Incident Command System? and a June 2003 Naval War College tabletop preparedness exercise for hospitals that was held at the GNYHA Conference Center. These resources are available on the GNYHA website. Click here to access these resources.