NHSPI_measure_metadata: 44

Data provided by Big Local News. Data from the National Health Security Preparedness Index. The overall index is useful for examining a state’s readiness in dealing with any number of issues. There also are specific metrics that directly relate to states’ abilities to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic. With that in mind, we have pulled out and processed key metrics -- from preparedness for surge testing to evaluating how many people in each state have access to paid time off. Our goal is to make it easier for journalists to access and analyze for their reporting. For more information, please start with the NHSPI_READ_ME file. Questions? Contact biglocalnews@stanford.edu.

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rowid	obsid	index	item_code	domain_code	domain_name	domain_description	subdomain_code	subdomain_name	subdomain_description	subdomain_long_desc	measure_name	measure_description	measure_rationale	data_source	verbose_data_source	data_dates	limitations
44	73.0	Index	2.3.3	2.0	CPE	Community Planning & Engagement Coordination	5.0	MVDE	Management of Volunteers during Emergencies	The ability to coordinate the identification, recruitment, registration, credential verification, training, and engagement of healthcare, medical, and support staff volunteers to support the jurisdiction’s response to incidents of health significance	M346	Number of total Medical Reserve Corps members per 100,000 population in the state	The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national system of local, community-based teams of volunteers—medical and public health professionals and others without health backgrounds—who are identified, credentialed, trained, and prepared in advance of an emergency. MRC-registered volunteers are vital to providing care to people with serious injuries or illnesses associated with mass casualty events and disease outbreaks.	MRC	Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), MRC Units Database and Census Bureau data analyzed by PMO personnel.	2012—2014, 2016—2018	The measure does not evaluate the quality of the MRC management and current status of licensed/credentialed/trained members, or include other formal and informal systems of registering, credentialing, and managing health and medical volunteers such as ESAR-VHP (Emergency System for the Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals).