By Taurean Small Washington, D.C. UPDATED 3:38 PM ET Mar. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED 10:18 AM ET Mar. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED 10:18 AM EDT Mar. 31, 2021 SHARE WASHINGTON, D.C. — A recently-released study shows Wisconsin was among 20 states that are well-prepared to handle public health emergencies. The report by Trust for American’s Health, a Washington D.C.-based nonpartisan public health policy organization, ranked the preparedness performance of states based on 10 indicators including nurse licensure, hospital participation in healthcare coalitions, flu vaccination rates and public health funding. John Auerbach, the president and CEO of the organization says Wisconsin checked quite a few of those boxes. “Relative to other states, Wisconsin had a number of the indicators that would show it was well prepared for an emergency,” said Auerbach. “At the same time it did well relative to other states it was clearly room for improvement and those two ones were around paid sick leave for the employees of the state and the percentage of people who should be vaccinated for seasonal flu, again, better than many states but quite a bit lower than what's recommended.”