2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
This presentation outlines how hospitals can build relationships with public safety partners to effectively respond to disasters. The session covers implementation strategies and lessons-learned from facilities who use a collaborative planning and response structure within their communities.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
This presentation offers strategies hospital can use in taking a simplified approach to planning, engagement, and communications as they plan to manage patient surges.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
This presentation offers an update on the current state of the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It emphasizes the coordinated response to health security threats through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). The session also reviews the collaborative approach between healthcare organizations, public health agencies, and emergency management to strengthen response infrastructure through training, coordination, and the use of strategic resources like the Strategic National Stockpile.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
This presentation offers insight into the N95 supply shortages from the perspective of the supplier, offering information on the challenges, response, and strategies used to meet the growing demand for their product during a global pandemic.
This session introduces a holistic approach to reducing harm in health care by promoting organization-wide culture changes and trust, resulting in improved partnerships with patients, patients’ families and caregivers.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
This presentation reviews how hospitals can develop and implement guidelines for continuing care when resources become critically constrained. The session provides information for hospitals on the process of shifting from conventional to contingency and ultimately to crisis care, where the focus transitions from individual patient care to managing care for the broader population. Highlights of the session include the ethical and non-discriminatory decision-making processes that help prepare hospitals for adapting their operations.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
Hospitals have multiple federal funding opportunities when protecting life and safety in their communities. This session provides information on coverage, needed documentation, reimbursement timelines, and which funding source(s) to pursue.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
This presentation offers a review of Everbridge and its capabilities in assisting in hospital disaster preparedness. The session covers a variety of complexities hospitals should consider in their planning efforts and how the platform can be utilized in emergency management.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
Learn about the challenges faced by New York City hospitals in managing the unprecedented surge in fatalities. This session outlines how the the city’s mass fatality management plans were quickly overwhelmed, and reviews how hospital quickly adapted to increase mortuary space, redeploy staff, and work closely with the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) to manage body collection points and long-term storage. The session also outlined the various logistical challenges faced by hospitals and emphasized the need for improved coordination, enhanced hospital preparedness, and updates to fatality management plans for future emergencies.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
Emergency Managers from UC Health share their COVID-19 response experiences.