Emergency Preparedness

The South Central Kansas Health Care Coalition is a collaborative group of regional healthcare and response agencies that work together to prepare for and respond to emergencies. Several long-term care providers participate in the...

Use this website to view a complete list of contact information for Kansas Regional Health Care Coalition Coordinators.

Regional Health Care Coalitions provides a venue for disaster and health emergency preparedness stakeholders from the public, private, and not-for-profit sector to share resources and information in preparedness, response, and recovery.  All LeadingAge Kansas...

Read more about Kansas City Metro Emergency Preparedness Network (Mid-America Regional Council) and the resources they provide. Feel free to contact Sara Shirk, Emergency Services Planner II, by email or by phone at (816) 701-8384.

We often see or hear news reports of sinkholes that range in size and the damage that they cause. This article will discuss what sinkholes are, the different types, how they happen and the...

CMS hosted a webinar on emergency preparedness for providers on June 19. They provided very little advance notice.  But, good news, the 90-minute webinar will be archived. Select "I'm a Provider Option" and search for...

Regional Healthcare Coalitions are collaborative groups of regional healthcare and response agencies that work together to prepare for and respond to emergencies. They are a very valuable place for LeadingAge Kansas members to get...

  Every LeadingAge Kansas member is encouraged to get engaged with their Regional Healthcare Coalition. Each coalition is a unique voluntary collaborative network of healthcare organizations serving as a regional multiagency group for healthcare disaster coordination. LeadingAge...

Real world activation of the emergency preparedness plan If a health care provider organization experienced an actual natural or manmade emergency that required activation of its emergency plan, it will be exempt from engaging in...

Check out the latest issue of the Kansas Ready Reader, a publication on all things emergency preparedness developed by KDHE. Read previous issues of the Ready Reader.