KCER: KIDNEY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE COALITION

Communications

Team Leadership: Gary Green

Goals: Improve or enhance the use of communication technologies to assure that information is available to assist the kidney community provide continuity of care during the response and recovery phase of a disaster.

Accomplishments: Developed a Kidney Care Emergency web site. Created the Kidney Community Emergency listserv for activation in emergencies. Set up toll-free line to serve as the central number for use in public service announcements for patients, family members, providers and the renal community at large. Established a second toll-free line to provide key information to ESRD Networks.

Sign up for the Listserv: Providers, government agencies, ESRD Networks, emergency management, kidney organizations, and disaster responders are encouraged to join the KCER listserv. This general information list provides email updates in the case of a national emergency. To register, click here

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