In this episode of the podcast, we continue our exploration of the WNC Health Policy Initiative's collaborative study, “Lessons Learned from the Healthcare Response to Hurricane Helene” with researchers Alex Mitchell and Soni Pitts as they examine how healthcare leaders in Western North Carolina responded to the crisis.

Produced by the NC Center for Health and Wellness and supported by research funding from the NC Collaboratory, episode two of this miniseries takes a closer look at how the study was developed. We discuss the study’s design, the methods used to collect data, and the process by which researchers sought to answer questions about healthcare system readiness, communication, and coordination during the hurricane response to inform rural disaster preparedness and public health practice.