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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.

If you are interested in becoming a member of this Response Team, please read and sign the Communication Team's Charter and either provide it to the Response Team leadership or acknowledge that you understand the Team's activities and your responsibilities as a volunteer.

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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