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A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, under the auspices of the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies, will organize a workshop to examine strategies, policies, and innovative actions to improve the resilience of healthcare and public health (HPH) critical infrastructure to impacts from disasters and other emergencies.
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·2025
When disaster strikes, critical infrastructure failures can follow - from loss of power and water to failures of information technology infrastructure and systems. Threats to the nation's healthcare and public health (HPH) critical infrastructure are highly complex and rapidly evolving, creating pot...
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A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public workshop to examine strategies, policies, and innovative actions to improve the resilience of healthcare and public health (HPH) critical infrastructure to impacts from disasters and other emergencies.
The workshop may include presentations and discussions that:
- Identify common challenges, key risks, and vulnerabilities of HPH critical infrastructure, including physical, cyber, supply chain, and operational aspects, through recent case studies and incidents.
- Examine the interdependencies of the HPH critical infrastructure sector and select other sectors (Energy, Water and Wastewater Systems, Transportation, Emergency Services, Food and Agriculture, Information Technology, and Communications Sectors) and the potential for cascading failures.
- Highlight opportunities to ensure continuity of operations through public-private partnerships, collaboration, and information sharing between HPH and interdependent critical infrastructure sectors.
- Explore strategies to reduce risks to critical infrastructure, recover from impacts, and improve the physical and digital resilience of HPH infrastructure (e.g., space, staff, stuff, and systems) during steady state and in response, particularly for infrastructure that supports populations who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected (e.g., rural areas, health care deserts, etc.).
The planning committee will consider a whole-of-community approach for strengthening critical infrastructure to define the specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, select speakers, and moderate the discussions. After the workshop, a designated rapporteur will prepare a proceedings-in-brief based on the presentations and discussions, in accordance with
institutional guidelines.
Collaborators
Sponsors
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
American Burn Association
American College of Emergency Physicians
American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma
American Hospital Association
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency Nurses Association
Healthcare Distribution Alliance
Healthcare Ready
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Mass General Brigham Center for Disaster Medicine
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
National Fire Protection Association
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Sandia National Laboratories
Society for Critical Care Medicine
The MITRE Corporation
Trauma Center Association of America
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Staff
Lisa Brown
Lead
Shalini Singaravelu
Matthew Masiello
Michael Berrios
Rayane Silva-Curran
