Case Study Connecting a coalition of healthcare facilities The Emergency Management Department (EMD) in Riverside County, California, has a large geographic area to cover — as big as the state of New Jersey. Healthcare facilities in the emergency management healthcare coalition include hospitals, community clinics, and long-term care facilities. Riverside is one of California’s most heavily populated counties, but it also contains wide swaths of desert and wilderness. The county is at high risk for flooding, earthquakes, and wildfires — usually two or three incidents per year affect one or more of its healthcare facilities. One of EMD’s primary functions is to support the healthcare facilities in its region in maintaining continuity of care during a crisis. Knowing that commun

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