ESAR-VHP

The Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) is a federal program to establish and implement guidelines and standards for the registration, credentialing, and deployment of medical professionals in the event of a large scale national emergency. The program is administered under the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (ASPR) within the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The ESAR-VHP standards are mandated to American states and territories, enabling an enhanced national interstate and intrastate system for using and sharing medical professionals.

History

After complications arose in the use of medical volunteers following 9/11, United States Congress authorized the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop ESAR-VHP. In December, 2006, the [http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/opsp/pahpa/index.html Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act] reassigned responsibility for ESAR-VHP to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ee also

* Emergency Management
* Emergency Preparedness
* Incident Command System
* National Response Plan

External links

* [http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response]