Coalition Projects

MRSE: The Medical Response Surge Exercise (MRSE) for 2024 will be a functional exercise that is open to all NJHCC members regardless of their professional specialty. This year’s MRSE will take place in three separate regions at different dates and locations. This exercise will focus on stressing the limitations of all healthcare entities in the form of a patient surge event.

The New Jersey Healthcare Coalitions facilitate a Workplace Violence Prevention Workgroup that meets monthly to discuss matters as they pertain to the prevention of workplace violence in the realm of healthcare. The workgroup meetings include spotlight speakers, which are subject matter experts in the field of workplace violence prevention.

MRSE: The MRSE Workgroup, which members can join by following the link HERE, will steer the direction of this exercise in terms of its topic, hazard focus and other associated elements of this exercise.

There are several plans being developed throughout this budget period (2024-2025). These plans are as follows:

• Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP)
• Information Sharing
• Resource Management
• Medical Surge
• Readiness
• Response
• Special Pathogens
• Chemical Response
• Radiological Response
• Pediatric Response
• HCC COOP
• NJHA COOP
• Burn Response
• Evacuation
• Preparedness
• Recovery

A Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) and subsequent Gaps Assessment is a systematic approach to identifying hazards or risks that are most likely to have an impact on the demand for health care services or the health care delivery system’s ability to provide these services. This assessment may also include estimates of potential injured or ill survivors, fatalities, and post-emergency community needs based on the identified risks. The HVA process should be coordinated with state and local emergency management organization assessments (e.g., Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment [THIRA]) and any public health hazard assessments (e.g., jurisdictional risk assessment).

Juvare is utilized by the New Jersey Healthcare Coalitions for organizational and situational awareness, communication, and regional response coordination. One of the many Juvare applications, EMResource, supports exercise and live event management by allowing users to create events, notify involved individuals and collect critical information necessary to effectively respond to medical emergency situations. Another application, eICS, supports response efforts by automating common workflows, such as form and report generation, including fully HSEEP-compliant After-Action-Reporting. Please visit our Juvare page for additional information.

There are no current equipment purchase opportunities at this time. For more information please send an email to rhcc@njha.com.

Strategic Planning Meeting: The New Jersey Healthcare Coalitions (NJHCC) bring together all regional members to conceptualize and collaborate on what the future of New Jersey's healthcare coalitions may bring. This meeting will be conducted in person and will focus on examining the future needs and projects that our coalitions' members would like to see as we move into the future.

National Conference on Emergency Medical Services (EMS): November 19-20, 2024 (Pre-Conference) & November 21-23, 2024 (Conference)
Location: Harrah's Waterfront Conference Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey

National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference: December 10-12, 2024
Location: Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida