HHS Program Empowers Patients Who Depend on Electrical Devices During, After Natural Disasters
The Department of Health and Human Services emPOWER program protects the health of at-risk Medicare beneficiaries, including 4.4 million individuals who rely on essential health care services or electricity-dependent durable medical equipment.
Director Kristen Finne explains how this critical data-sharing effort delivers just-in-time information to help people respond to a disaster, as well as other tools to inform disaster preparedness.
This is part one of a two-part interview. Stay tuned next week for more!
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Kristen Finne Director emPOWER Program, HHS ASPR
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