COCA Partners
COCA collaborates with national clinician organizations across the US to communicate information about disease outbreaks, disasters, terrorism events, and other health threats. These COCA Partner Organizations serve a wide variety of healthcare professionals including: physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, veterinarians, first responders, and public health practitioners. Through COCA partnerships, CDC is able to rapidly distribute information to clinicians during a public health emergency.
Organizations interested in becoming a COCA Partner should contact coca@cdc.gov.
COCA is pleased to feature the American Association of Medical Society Executives (AAMSE) in our January COCA Partner Spotlight!
AAMSE is the professional association of more than 1,300 medical society executives and staff specialists. Through its more than 300 member organizations, AAMSE advances the profession of medicine through education, communication of knowledge, leadership development, and collaboration.
Member organizations include county, regional, state, state specialty, national, national specialty, and international medical societies, as well as affiliated health care organizations and industry partners.
AAMSE is committed to educating and supporting medical society professionals to advance the profession of medical society management, medical societies, and the physicians they serve.
AAMSE’s vision is to be the foremost resource for America’s medical society professionals in achieving excellence in medical society management.
To learn more about AAMSE, visit their website and like them on Facebook.
Partnerships with professional associations are vital to CDC’s ability to share information with clinicians about public health emergencies, CDC guidance, health alert messages, and training opportunities.
List of Organizations
- American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN)
- American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
- American Association of Medical Society Executives (AAMSE)
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN)
- American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC)
- American Association of Service Coordinators (AASC)
- American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB)
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
- American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist (ACOG)
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
- American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)
- American College of Surgeons (ACS)
- American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM)
- American Dental Association (ADA)
- American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL)
- American Hospital Association (AHA)
- American Lung Association (ALA)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
- American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
- American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA)
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)
- American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- American Red Cross (Red Cross)
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
- American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)
- American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
- American Society for Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
- American Travel Health Nurses Association (ATHNA)
- American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
- America’s Blood Centers (ABC)
- Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
- Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC)
- Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP)
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Association of Community Health Nursing Educators
- Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC)
- Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP)
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
- Association of Public Health Nurses (APHN)
- Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
- National AHEC Organization (NAO)
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health (NAHH)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
- National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS)
- National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
- National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA/LTC)
- National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
- National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)
- National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)
- National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NANPWH)
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
- National Association of School Nurses (NASN)
- National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators (NASNA)
- National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO)
- National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
- National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians (NCAPIP)
- National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
- National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
- National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)
- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of EMS (OEMS)
- National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
- National Medical Association (NMA)
- National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI)
- National Organization State Offices Rural Health (NOSORH)
- National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC)
- National Registry of EMT’s (NREMT)
- National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
- National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC)