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The Press Releases page is our hub for all Healthcare Ready Press Releases covering a wide range of topics, including Situation Reports, Threat Assessments and Blog posts.
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Bridging Gaps, Building Resilience: Healthcare Ready 2024
Washington, D.C. — April 14, 2025 – Healthcare Ready, a national nonprofit that supports healthcare access during disasters, released its 2024 Impact Report, showcasing a year of rapid response, strategic partnerships, and expanded digital tools to protect communities during crises.
The report details how Healthcare Ready: …
Healthcare Ready Announces New Acting Executive Director
Healthcare Ready — the D.C. based nonprofit organization that works to help ensure patient access to healthcare in times of disasters — is excited to announce that Julie Abrams, formerly the Associate Director of Programs and Response, will be stepping into the role of Acting Executive Director.
Healthcare Ready Announces Leadership Transition, Reaffirms Commitment to Mission and Resilience
Healthcare Ready, a leading organization dedicated to strengthening the resiliency of communities before, during, and after disasters, today announced a leadership transition. Executive Director Tom Cotter has chosen to resign and pursue new opportunities.
Healthcare Ready is dedicated in its commitment to advancing the organization’s mission. Guided by a robust network of partnerships across government, nonprofit, and medical supply chain sectors, Healthcare Ready will continue to help ensure communities have the resources and support they need to navigate crises and build resilience.
Healthcare Ready Rebuilds RxOpen in time for Hurricane Season 2024
WASHINGTON (July 30, 2024) With experts predicting that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season could be among the most active on record, Healthcare Ready — the D.C.-based nonprofit organization that works to help ensure patient access to healthcare in times of disasters — is ready to respond.
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2024) – A recent study by Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring patient access to health care in times of disasters, and funded by the Cencora Impact Foundation, an independent not-for-profit charitable giving organization established by Cencora to support health-related causes that enrich the global community, examines the current landscape surrounding state-managed medication stockpiles. Such stockpiles, or pharmaceutical reserves, can help protect communities by providing a means of ensuring rapid access to essential medications during an emergency event.
WASHINGTON (June 6, 2024) The Avian Influenza (H5N1), which began spreading among animal species in 2020, has been confirmed in 81 dairy herds in nine states, while also spreading to humans exposed to infected animals.
Healthcare Ready 2023 Impact Report
Healthcare Ready — the nonprofit organization established to help strengthen the U.S. healthcare system and assist communities in planning for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and disease pandemics — has released its 2023 impact report “How Healthcare Ready is Turning Information into Action.”
Media Advisory for Prep Summit featuring Angie Im
Healthcare Ready announces that Angie Im, associate director of research and policy, will be a panelist and presenter at the 2024 Preparedness Summit March 25-28 in Cleveland, Ohio – the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness which attracts nearly 2,500 attendees.
Healthcare Ready Media Advisory on the Optum / ChangeHealthcare Cyberattack
Amidst the aftermath of the Feb. 21 Optum/Change Healthcare ransomware attack, pharmacies of all types, including those within hospitals, are continuing to alert customers about resulting prolonged wait times.
Press Release: Restoring the Healthcare Workforce for Equity Program
Healthcare Ready — the nonprofit organization established to help strengthen the U.S. healthcare system and assist communities in planning for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and disease pandemics — concluded a year-long initiative to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and other disaster-related trauma on the healthcare workforce and highlights significant losses and burnout among healthcare workers, especially those who serve rural, low-income, or racially and ethnically diverse populations.
