Preparing our Medical Communities for Emergency Response & Recovery...

The West Region Healthcare Coalition (WRHCC) is a collaboration of health, medical, and other partners working together to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from medical surge emergencies through planning, training, exercising, communication, and relationship building.

What is the purpose of Healthcare Coalitions?

Healthcare Coalitions are collaborative networks of healthcare organizations and their respective public and private sector response partners. Together, they serve as a multi-agency coordination group to assist with preparedness, response, and recovery activities related to health and medical disaster operations.

Healthcare coalitions improve medical surge capacity and capability, further enhancing a community's healthcare system preparedness for disasters and public health emergencies. They also augment local operational readiness to meet the health and medical challenges posed by a catastrophic incident or event. This is achieved by engaging and empowering all parts of the healthcare community and by strengthening the existing relationships to understand and meet the actual health and medical needs of the whole community.