TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine A2 - Meghan Mott A2 - Sheena Posey Norris A2 - Megan Reeve TI - Regional Disaster Response Coordination to Support Health Outcomes: Community Planning and Engagement: Workshop in Brief DO - 10.17226/21677 PY - 2014 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21677/regional-disaster-response-coordination-to-support-health-outcomes-community-planning PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine KW - Conflict and Security Issues AB - Many catastrophic disaster plans include provisions of support from neighboring jurisdictions that likely will not be available in a regional disaster. Bringing multiple groups and sectors together that don't routinely work with each other can augment a response to a disaster but can also be extremely difficult because of the multi-disciplinary communication and coordination needed to ensure effective medical and public health response.In March 2014, the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events convened a regional workshop bringing together key stakeholders to examine community planning and engagement when planning for health incidents in a large-scale response. This report highlights the presentations and discussion of that event. ER -