Expert Disaster Preparedness for
Healthcare’s Critical Frontlines
GRP specializes in disaster preparedness strategies, training, and exercising for healthcare facilities, with a particular focus on critical care areas. Our services ensure that healthcare professionals are well-prepared to handle emergencies while safeguarding their most vulnerable patients and residents.
By focusing on these critical areas, we ensure that healthcare facilities are always prepared to provide uninterrupted, safe care during any crisis.
Professional Services
We guide healthcare systems through every stage of preparedness with our AIM approach—Assessment, Implementation, and Maintenance/Monitoring—ensuring resilience and readiness for high-stakes areas in the face of any disaster.
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System-wide assessment for readiness to manage all-hazards disasters
Specific assessment for high-risk areas (NICU, PICU, OR, etc.)
Regional capabilities to address healthcare surge capacity, full building evacuation, and resources & assets in disasters (pre-planned mutual aid strategies)
Consulting at the Federal, State, Coalition, or Health System level
Detailed Hazard Vulnerability Assessments (HVAs) to identify potential risks and mitigate your organization's exposure.
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Design of strategies to minimize risk in disasters for the pediatric patient population
Development of unit and area patient evacuation and surge plans, weather/climate related preparedness, and address other high impact threats
Training, drills and exercises to support short- and long-term preparedness, response, and recovery initiatives
Includes high-threat special care training for fire and other disasters in the OR, NICU, PICU, etc.
Executive Leadership and Emergency Management team support to shift the organization towards continuous readiness
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Ongoing education
Surprise or announced assessments to spot-check readiness
Leadership and EM team mentorship
Training, drills and exercises to ensure continuous readiness
Some Clients Whose Trust We Have Earned
Yale New Haven Health
Trinity Health of New England
Connecticut Department of Health
Hartford HealthCare
Northwest Healthcare Response Network
Parkland Health
Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Emergency Preparedness & Response
Washington State Department of Health
Yale New Haven Health Trinity Health of New England Connecticut Department of Health Hartford HealthCare Northwest Healthcare Response Network Parkland Health Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Emergency Preparedness & Response Washington State Department of Health
This Work Requires Specialized Teams
No two healthcare organizations are alike, and no two regions of the world are alike, so planning within your health system needs to align with your unique infrastructure, culture, and capabilities. We have over 30 years of highly specialized experience working in healthcare emergency management.
We are industry thought leaders and on-the-ground implementers.
We know how to deliver. Scott Aronson, President of GRP, will work with you to design your Continuous-Readiness Strategy then engage partners with the subject matter expertise that best meets your needs.
Take Your Leadership to the Next Level
We work with Executive Leaders to help you understand Continuous Readiness. By working with us, you will learn how to analyze your current capabilities, prioritize your planning, and stabilize your budgets.
If you want to be on the forefront of patient-centered planning and elevate your healthcare system, we can help.
