What interactions does Rx Response have with government agencies?
Rx Response works in active partnership with numerous federal agencies and state emergency management agencies. Since its creation, Rx Response has engaged with dozens of state emergency management leaders and public health officials so that a relationship exists between Rx Response and state officials prior to an emergency. This relationship building activity has been instrumental in allowing effective coordination between Rx Response and states impacted by disaster. This enables swift Rx Response action to address numerous disasters, including the California wildfires in the summer of 2008, the Kentucky ice storm of 2009 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. At the federal level, Rx Response leadership has a role in the Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC), a public-private partnership created by the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to increase coordination between the government and the private sector in addressing protection of healthcare and
