Coalition Projects

MRSE: The 2025 New Jersey Healthcare Coalition (NJHCC) Medical Response Surge Exercise (MRSE) - Operation Lights Out has been completed! Thank you for joining us at the Operation Lights Out MRSE on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The collaboration and problem solving we saw and heard throughout the exercise underscores the NJHCCs' purpose. We hope this exercise allowed you the opportunity to further refine your response and recovery structure while collaborating with other healthcare teams in your respective region(s). Please CLICK HERE to see our Situation Reports (SitReps) for each module, each module's associated triage tag spreadsheet (if applicable), our exercise PowerPoint, and our finalized Exercise Plan (ExPlan).

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.

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).

Please find the aggregated HVA data listed below:

• Statewide HVA Data Summary
• North HCC HVA Data Summary
• Central HCC HVA Data Summary
• South HCC HVA Data Summary

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.

2025 New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Association (NJEPA) Conference: April 7-11, 2025
Location: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey

2025 Preparedness Summit: April 29 - May 2, 2025
Location: San Antonio, Texas

Home Care & Hospice Association of New Jersey Annual Conference: June 3-5, 2025
Location: Harrah's Atlantic City Resort, Atlantic City, NJ