Mount Sinai Unveils New Emergency Health Readiness Center
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The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched a new Center for Healthcare Readiness, aimed at bolstering strategies for the Mount Sinai Health System and the U.S. healthcare sector’s ability to prepare for and react to large-scale public health emergencies. The center will utilize Mount Sinai’s resources, as well as public and private partnerships at local, regional, and federal levels, for research, advocacy, and innovation strategies for future challenges. The center recently hosted its inaugural “The Future of Healthcare Preparedness Conference,” where experts from various sectors provided insight on improving readiness in anticipation of health security threats, emphasizing the importance of preparedness plans, data sharing, standardization, and public-private collaboration.
New York: Icahn School of Medicine Announces Healthcare Readiness Center
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently launched its Center for Healthcare Readiness. Assembling a diverse team of academic and operational experts, the Center is set to bolster the Mount Sinai Health System’s strategies and the U.S. healthcare sector’s ability to prepare for large-scale public health emergencies.
Engaging both Mount Sinai’s resources and public and private partners at various levels, the Center will focus on research, advocacy, innovation, and collaboration to address future challenges.
“The Future of Healthcare Preparedness Conference”
The Center recently hosted its debut “The Future of Healthcare Preparedness Conference,” a forum for leaders in the field to discuss strategies for improving 21st-century healthcare readiness. The conference welcomed keynote speakers from the White House’s Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and academia.
The event also addressed opportunities to enhance readiness through increased collaboration among private corporations and the academic sector. The discussion covered a variety of health security threats, including emerging pathogens, environmental hazards, the importance of preparedness plans, improving data sharing capabilities, standardizing data, military-civilian collaboration, and the effects on vulnerable populations.
National Priorities for Readiness
A keynote panel moderated by Brendan Carr, MD, MA, MS, CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System, emphasized the importance of building trust during normal times, the collaboration of public and private partners, and regionalization of readiness practice. The panelists stressed the need for a coordinated approach to healthcare delivery for optimal outcomes during major public health emergencies.
Dr. Carr highlighted the ever-present threats to public health and the need for robust public-private partnerships. Alexis Zebrowski, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Population Health Science and Policy at Icahn Mount Sinai, emphasized the Center’s mission to foster interdepartmental collaboration and improve health care delivery.
Mount Sinai Center for Healthcare Readiness
The Center harnesses Mount Sinai’s vast research enterprise, bringing together academic and operational experts in medical research, care delivery, clinical operations, education, and Health System leadership.
Michael Redlener, MD, Co-Director of Mount Sinai’s Center for Healthcare Readiness and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Icahn Mount Sinai, stressed the importance of a system-based approach to healthcare readiness involving aligned responses from health systems, government, public health, and private industry.
Mount Sinai experts will persist in their efforts to address potential public health outbreaks and help shape consistent strategies across the U.S. for delivering high-quality patient care under extreme circumstances. The Center’s leaders will collaborate with various industries, including pharmaceutical and supply chain distributors, to establish further consistency in preparedness plans to prevent shortages during major health emergencies.
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