Emergency Preparedness Grant Awarded to Quartz Mountain Medical Center
Mangum, Oklahoma (February 3, 2009) Quartz Mountain Medical Center (QMMC) announced that it has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Oklahoma State Department of Health to be used to support the continued development of our emergency preparedness plan.
Jan Winter, CEO of Quartz Mountain Medical Center said “This will allow QMMC to purchase needed equipment without having to utilize our operational funds. Mary Greer, Lindsay Crabb, and Trent Edwards did a great job in preparing and submitting the grant request by the due date. Without their diligence, this grant would not have been possible.”
The grant will also help the hospital perform an in-depth risk analysis for the hospital’s potential disaster scenarios and develop a comprehensive emergency management plan. Winter said the funds would go toward Emergency Preparedness Planning Services to build new or supplement existing capabilities focusing on Interoperable Communications, Hospital Evacuation, Fatality Management and Partnership Coalition.
The grant period runs from January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2010. The hospital will be working with the City of Mangum and the local emergency management throughout the period.
About Quartz Mountain Medical Center
Quartz Mountain Medical Center is a Critical Access Hospital serving Magnum and the surrounding communities. Quartz Mountain Medical Center currently has two affiliated clinics, Quartz Mountain Medical Clinic – Mangum and Quartz Mountain Medical Clinic – Mangum North. Our energized and committed staff of employees, physicians and volunteers work together every day to provide excellence in healthcare to our communities.
About Blackhawk Healthcare
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Blackhawk Healthcare is an owner and operator of small community and Critical Access Hospitals. Founded in 2003, Blackhawk currently owns and operates 2 hospitals in Texas and one in Oklahoma. Blackhawk’s desire is to transform rural healthcare by working synergistically with each rural community to build confidence and pride through improved healthcare delivery. We are passionately dedicated to the uniqueness of rural healthcare and improving the community by bringing the resources required to meet the broader needs of each "hometown" we touch. Blackhawk is inspired to provide excellence in service and modern facilities that convey trust, confidence and healing.