Healthcare Ready

Healthcare Ready supports the continued provision of critical medicines to patients whose health is threatened by a severe public health emergency, such as a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or pandemic that disrupts the normal bio-pharmaceutical supply system. Healthcare Ready does this through its role as an information-sharing and problem-solving forum for a coalition of biopharmaceutical supply system organizations, disaster relief agencies and local/state/federal government agencies. Healthcare Ready members continually monitor news media across the United States to identify potential or realized threats to public health and engage as soon as possible. This response can often be pre-disaster, if forewarning permits. Additionally, the program continues to develop new and innovative ways for partners to share critical information internally and with the general public. These include InfoCenter - our online information-sharing forum - and the Pharmacy Status Reporting Tool, which enables those in affected areas to determine the closest open pharmacy in a specific location during a public health emergency. To learn more about Healthcare Ready, visit