Framework for Disaster Preparedness and Response: Updated

In February 2021, the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) and the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy published a Framework for Private-Public Collaboration on Disaster Preparedness and Response. The report outlined key actions for private and public sector leaders to take in order to better prepare the U.S. for future public health emergencies. The report laid out three priority action areas:

• Improving data and evidence generation,
• Strengthening innovation and supply chain readiness, and
• Innovating care delivery approaches.

Since that time, private and public sector leaders have made some progress on those priorities. The Administration has prioritized supply chain readiness and resilience, and a series of reports in 2021 and 2022 by the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set forth concrete steps for continued progress. Private sector stakeholders, both independently and through private-public partnerships, have pioneered innovative approaches for care delivery during emergency circumstances, especially through digital modalities of care. HHS elevated the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR, formerly known as the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response) to an operating division of the Department, and Congress established a new, permanent White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy.

Read the full framework here.