The State of Connecticut
Emergency Credentialing Program (ECP)
for Healthcare Professionals

Welcome to the State of Connecticut Emergency Credentialing Program for Healthcare Professionals website.

The September 11th terrorist attacks, the devastation caused by record breaking storms during the 2005 hurricane season, and the threat of pandemic influenza have underscored the importance of having an emergency response plan that allows our hospitals and healthcare systems to quickly mobilize the resources they need to maintain or increase facility, equipment and personnel capacity. Although history has shown that healthcare professionals will come forward to help when the need is great, individuals who are enrolled in the State of Connecticut Emergency Credentialing Program for Healthcare Professionals will have access to special training and state sponsored liability and workers compensation coverage.

To date, 1 out of 25 healthcare professionals licensed in Connecticut - nearly 3,500 physicians, nurses, behavioral health, laboratory medicine and diagnostic imaging technicians, pharmacists, paramedics and respiratory therapists - have enrolled in the ECP. This is a great start but we need to do more to reach our program goal 12,000. healthcare professionals or at least 1 out of every 10 healthcare professionals licensed in Connecticut. When you encourage your colleagues to enroll in the program and volunteer some of their time to assist during a large-scale disaster or public health emergency, you will be ensuring that Connecticut's citizens - your family, friends and neighbors - have uninterrupted access to vital healthcare resources when they need it most!

For more information, please contact Joseph M. Filakovsky, DNP, APRN, CCNS, FAHA, at (203) 688-4486 or ecp@ynhh.org.