North Carolina Healthcare Preparedness Coalitions
There are eight (8) North Carolina Healthcare Preparedness Coalitions (HPCs) that work with the common mission of facilitating communication, coordination, and collaboration between healthcare facilities, public agencies, and the State of North Carolina. Their primary goals are to:
- Strengthen Partnership Engagement
- Support Information Sharing
- Expand Medical Surge Readiness
- Improve Incident Coordination
- Promote Fiscal Responsibility
The Healthcare Preparedness Coalitions have an assortment of assets available to healthcare and emergency responder agencies to meet their goals. Examples of these assets are: shower trailers, mobile morgues, ambulance strike team assets, medical support units, water purification resources, generators, communications equipment, hand washing stations, decontamination trailers, and more. Use the links to each coalition’s webpage on the right to learn more about their assets and response capabilities.
CapRAC is based out of WakeMed Health and Hospitals, a Level I Trauma Center, in Raleigh North Carolina.
The coalition covers 5 counties: Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake.
Janis Brown serves as the Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the coalition. She can be reached at [email protected].
Duke Healthcare Preparedness Coalition is based out of Duke Health, a Level I Trauma Center, in Durham North Carolina.
The coalition covers 7 counties: Caswell, Durham, Granville, Person, Robeson, Vance, and Warren.
David Marsee serves as the Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the coalition. He can be reached at [email protected].
Eastern Healthcare Preparedness Coalition (EHPC) is based out of ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, in Greenville North Carolina.
The coalition covers 27 counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson.
Chris Starbuck serves as the Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the coalition. He can be reached at [email protected]
Metrolina Healthcare Preparedness Coalition (MHPC) is based out of Atrium Health, a Level I Trauma Center, in Charlotte North Carolina.
The coalition covers 10 counties: Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Scotland, Stanly, and Union.
Kariena “KC” Bernesser serves as the Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the coalition. She can be reached at [email protected]
MidCarolina Regional Healthcare Coalition is based out of UNC Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, in Chapel Hill North Carolina.
The coalition covers 9 counties: Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Richmond, and Sampson.
Randy Hoffman serves as the Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the coalition. He can be reached at [email protected]
Mountain Area Healthcare Preparedness Coalition (MAHPC) is based out of HCA Mission Health, a Level II Trauma Center, in Asheville North Carolina.
The coalition covers 18 counties: Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey.
Mark Stepp serves as the Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the coalition. He can be reached at [email protected]
Southeastern Healthcare Preparedness Region (SHPR) is based out of Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, a Level II Trauma Center, in Wilmington North Carolina.
The coalition covers 7 counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pender.
Hans Edwards serves as the Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the coalition. He can be reached at [email protected]
Triad Healthcare Preparedness Coalition (THPC) is based out of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, in Winston Salem North Carolina.
The coalition covers 17 counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin.
Ashley McDaniel serves as the Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator for the coalition. She can be reached at [email protected]
