2024 Disaster Planning Conference

Note: Livestreaming includes all keynote and general sessions plus select breakout sessions being held in the general session room.

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Check-in, Breakfast, and Exhibitor Viewing

9:00 – 10:15 a.m. | Welcome & Keynote | The Joint Commission’s Emergency Management Update 2024
Angela Murray, MSN, RN, Project Director, Healthcare Standards Development Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation, The Joint Commission
Mr. Kendig and Ms. Murray will provide an update on how to best prepare for the emergency management session as part of the hospital accreditation survey process.  The presentation will also include tips and actions for survey readiness based on the most frequently cited emergency management standards.

10:15 – 10:45 a.m. | Exhibitor Viewing

10:45 – 11:45 a.m. | Concurrent Breakout Sessions (choose one)

1. Building Business Continuity for Health Care’s Future (Livestream)
   Shanley Miller, Business Manager, Mass General Brigham (MGB)
   In January of 2024, Mass General Brigham’s Department of Emergency Preparedness and Continuity (DEPC) embarked on a mission to develop a health care-centric sustainable and effective Continuity Program. DEPC developed tools and adapted traditional practices to focus on capability building and maintaining mission essential functions.
2. Test Your Cyber Readiness in Real Time 
   Mitch Saruwatari, Director of Emergency Management, Kaiser Permanente; Kimberly Galey, Kaiser Permanente
   The threat of a cyber-related disruption continues to grow among health care organizations. This session will cover how to test your facility’s readiness for a cyber-attack in real time. It will discuss how one organization conducted a functional exercise to test response capabilities during a full network outage in an outpatient setting. Planning steps and lessons learned will be shared.   
3. It’s Only a Drill! Design, Execute, and Evaluate a Disaster Drill
   Erik Angle,RN, MICN, MEP, NHDP, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Sutter Roseville
   This presentation is designed for newer disaster planners or those wishing to update their exercise drill skills. It will provide exercise regulatory information from The Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, design strategies, and planning considerations for various types of disaster exercises. Newer exercise design planners will become more disaster resilient while understanding how to effectively evaluate and document an EP exercise to meet their requirements. This training will provide best practice information and the tools for post-disaster exercise meetings, forms, documentation, and after-action/process improvement.
4. Earthquake Threat: Resources for Quick Response Decisions
   Margaret Vinci, Manager, Office of Earthquake Programs and SoCal Regional Coordinator, CalTech; Jonathan Gudel, Senior Emergency Services Coordinator, Earthquake Early Warning, Cal OES
   Earthquakes are a national problem with more than 35 million Californians exposed to potentially damaging shaking. California hospitals are regulated to withstand strong shaking; however, they are susceptible to non-structural and critical infrastructure damage and manpower injuries. This presentation will demonstrate efforts that can mitigate earthquake losses. It will also provide earthquake tools to assist emergency managers in making quick response decisions, including earthquake early warning to ease earthquake damage and injuries at health care facilities.

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Hosted Luncheon

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. | Concurrent Breakout Sessions (choose one)

1. Leading on a Knife’s Edge — Help the Helpers in a Crisis (Livestream)
   Andi Tenner, MD, MPH, FACEP, Director, San Francisco Public Health Emergency
   Health crises are among the most challenging events health care leadership will ever be asked to manage. Drawing on experience managing health care teams through events ranging from domestic mass casualty incidents, running Ebola isolation units in Sierra Leone, and supporting frontline emergency care staff during COVID-19, Dr. Tenner will share her experience leading successful teams and averting crisis. She will explore techniques that can be used to help even the most novice leader rise to meet the challenge in front of them and bring their teams along with them.
2. Hospital Evacuation: What Happens When the Lights Go Out?
   Isabel Sanchez, Disaster Services Specialist, Los Angeles County EMS; Mara Bryant, MBA, Operations Executive, Adventist Health White Memorial; Matthew Conroy, Battalion Chief, Los Angeles City Fire Department
   In the wake of a significant power outage at a major medical center in Los Angeles, hospital, fire department, and EMS Agency personnel faced unprecedented challenges as critical patients had to be transferred. The presentation focuses on the dynamics of emergency preparedness under adverse conditions, where collaboration and communication faced unique challenges within an unfamiliar setting. Attendees will gain insights into the complexities of managing this incident while ensuring the safety and well-being of all those involved and obtain lessons learned for enhancing emergency preparedness response strategies.
3. Meeting the Need for Pediatric Patient Surge Preparedness
   Christopher Riccardi, CHEP CHSP, Manager, Emergency Management and Business Continuity, Children’s Hospital of Orange; Brigitte Glines, CA-PEM, IAEM-CEM, DVM, Hub Manager, UCSF Pediatric Pandemic Network
   Presenters will show attendees how to approach a patient surge involving kids – what to prepare for, important roles and responsibilities, and share resources and best practices. Attendees will have access to either a stand-alone pediatric surge plan or a supplement to adult patient surge plans already in existence. In addition to a plan template, participants will also get access to the 15 ‘til 50 Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Guide, which offers a step-by-step walkthrough for developing an MCI program and the MCI Toolkit Library, which provides supplemental materials to assist with the design and implementation of the 15 ‘til 50 Program.
4. The Critical Role of Hazard Vulnerability Assessments in Climate Change Preparedness
   Kathy Harris, MCRP, Executive Director, Stanford Health Care; Jodie Gregory, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
   Climate change poses many threats to the well-being of our community members as well as disruption to hospital operations. Ms. Harris and Ms. Gregory will review existing Hazzard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) categories associated with climate change and propose how they can evolve to better encompass the risks associated with climate change, explore current and anticipated interdependencies between multiple hazard categories in California, and expand the typical timeline of HVA methodology. Attendees will learn how to proactively identify risks, implement targeted mitigation strategies, and enhance emergency response capabilities to ultimately strengthen hospital operational resiliency in the face of climate.

1:45 – 2:00 p.m. | Break

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | General Session | SNF Evacuation: Exercising and Responding as a Health Care Coalition
Trish Muth-Masayon, MPH, MBA, Emergency Manager and Danisha Jenkins, PhD, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC, NHDP-BC, Director of Emergency Preparedness, Sharp HealthCare; Kyle Whimpey, NHA, Executive Director, Somerset Sub & Acute Care; Donna Johnson, Senior Emergency Services Coordinator, Public Health Preparedness and Response Branch, County of San Diego Public Health Preparedness and Response
In May 2023, the San Diego Healthcare Disaster Coalition, with representatives from the EMS, medical and health community and the San Diego County Medical Operations Center (MOC), participated in a 1,200 patient regional Evacuation and Surge Full Scale Exercise (FSE). Attendees will hear how the lessons learned from the FSE’s After Action Report were applied in January 2024, when Golden Hills Post Acute Care evacuated 88 SNF residents and 22 Subacute patients due to severe storm damage to the building. The MOC coordinated bed capacity with local SNFs, prioritizing load leveling, and supporting facilities receiving any patients with Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO’s). Sharp HealthCare’s Coronado campus, having practiced full facility evacuations during the FSE, effectively received evacuees, demonstrating exceptional compassion and resourcefulness.

3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Break & Exhibitor Viewing

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Closing Session | Maui’s on Fire! The Coalition’s Emergency Response
Marc Moriguchi, Director, Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management
This presentation explores the response of Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management to the catastrophic Maui wildfire. Attendees will hear about the strategies and actions implemented to manage the crisis, including coordination efforts and resource deployment. Mr. Moriguchi will highlight the importance of preparedness and effective emergency management in mitigating the impact of natural disasters on health care systems.

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Reception

Note: Livestreaming includes all keynote and general sessions plus select breakout sessions being held in the general session room.

7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast & Exhibitor Viewing

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | General Session | Trust: The Secret Ingredient
Lizi Oceransky, M.A., MCC, CPCC, CDWF, CDTLD, Facilitator and Coach, Vidl Work
As Charles Feltman says, “Trust is choosing to make something important vulnerable to the actions of someone else.” Research supports the importance of trust in creating and maintaining connected, collaborative relationships and high performing teams. During this session, attendees will learn a simple but powerful trust inventory for building or repairing trust with another person, understand the difference between trust and psychological safety and how they influence each other, and how to apply the trust framework to a working relationship to identify specific issues and develop the best approach for rebuilding trust with that person.

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. | General Session | Fundamentals of Radiation Protection Across Industries
Raj Puri, MD, MPH, Corporate Medical Director, PBF Energy
This presentation aims to educate a diverse audience of hospital workers and professionals from various sectors on the principles of radiation safety. It covers historical developments, current regulatory standards, and best practices for minimizing occupational radiation exposure. The session will detail types of radiation, measurement units, and protective equipment, emphasizing the ALARA principle and current epidemiological findings. Additionally, the presentation will discuss OSHA standards, health effects from radiation exposures, scatter radiation related to pregnancy, and radiation in the military, airline, and manufacturing industries.

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Break & Exhibitor Viewing

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Concurrent Breakout Sessions (choose one)

1. Building Relationships in a Health Care Coalition: It’s Everything (Livestream)
   Sean Roberts, Emergency Services Specialist, County of Tulare Public Health; Ashley Ave, Emergency Management, Coordinator, Valley Children’s Healthcare
   With disasters increasing in frequency, scope, and duration, for any California medical facility the question of whether you will need outside help is not if, but rather when and from where. When disaster strikes, help can come from unlikely sources. Active participation in a health care coalition provides the opportunity to grow and cultivate relationships before disaster strikes. This presentation will present four different examples of how strong, preexisting relationships proved crucial during emergencies, benefiting both the hospital and the community at large.
2. Clever Integrations: Teams and Hospital Incident Command
   Scott Cossey, Disaster Planner/Surge Coordinator, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
   “Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.” Your MS Teams Command Center is the same. During this presentation, you will learn how to integrate any HICS document directly into MS Teams and instantly share it with your entire organization. Gain a better understanding of how to take advantage of the MS Teams platform in a way that facilitates the exchange of data in real time. If you have been looking for the fundamental steps to create a turnkey command center solution, these techniques may be what you have been looking for.
3. Artificial Intelligence: Tools, Ethics and Risks, Changes Coming
   Janette Ducut Ed.D, Director, Training & Education, University of California Riverside
   Artificial Intelligence is here to help you do things faster. If you’ve ever been stuck writing a policy, analyzing thousands of datapoints on a spreadsheet, or creating a presentation, this session will show you free tools that can do the work for you. You’ll learn AI prompts to help write, code, solve problems, translate into different languages, or even generate images of an accident or injury scene you want to create. Using scenarios from risk, health and safety, and emergency management, you’ll learn how to save time so you can do something else in the world of disaster planning.
4. Preparing Adult Health Care Facilities for Pediatric Disaster Victims
   Erika Cheung, MSN, RN, CPN, Manager, Emergency Management, and Vicky Olson, Emergency Training and Exercises Program Manager, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
   During disasters, children may present to health care facilities regardless of those facilities’ pediatric care capabilities, and health care organizations must prepare for those potential pediatric victims. In this presentation, you will gain valuable insight into pediatric disaster planning and response as Children’s Hospital Los Angeles highlights three new resources – a family preparedness activity, a pediatric decontamination picture book, and a virtual training workshop covering many pediatric disaster scenarios.

11:30 – 11:45 a.m. | Break

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Concurrent Breakout Sessions (choose one)

1. Enhancing Cybersecurity for Health Care: Addressing the IT and Emergency Management Gap (Livestream)
   Jan Merrick, BS, ESC HPP Coordinator, and William Luna, Emergency Services Coordinator, County of Riverside Emergency Management Department
   This presentation will cover best practices in Riverside County for integrating information security and emergency management professionals in planning and resiliency efforts against cyber threats posed against partners in the health care and other sectors. Presenters will address emergency management support to include leveraging state and federal resources, on-going training opportunities, inter-agency cooperation, and planning efforts related to templates, work groups, and regional outlining.
2. A+ After-Action Reports
   Janet Gutierrez, BA, HEM, Safety Officer, Sutter Health – Bay Area
   In the wake of massive emergency exercises or real-life crises, emergency management coordinators often find themselves tasked with a crucial responsibility: writing After-Action Reports (AARs). Discover practical strategies for leveraging resources, technology, and emergency management expertise to streamline the AAR writing process. From exercises to real-life incidents, learn how to transform insights gathered into actionable recommendations that enhance organizational resilience. Don’t miss this opportunity to equip yourself with the tools and knowledge to excel in post-event analysis and planning.
3. Multi-Sector Collaborative Approach to Emergency Preparedness                                       
   Andrew Ward, NREMT, TLO, Program Manager of Emergency Preparation, Providence 
   Collaboration matters! This presentation will demonstrate the importance of a multi-sector and community-based approach to Emergency Preparedness. It will include key steps to take to succeed at collaboration and highlight its importance by tying it to real world events. Attendees will learn simple steps that can be easily applied to help build collaborative efforts in the community.
4. Understanding and Managing Hospital Surge: A Comprehensive Approach
   Steve Shrubb, Emergency Management Coordinator, Long Beach Medical Center
   This presentation will delve into the critical issue of hospital surge. This phenomenon poses significant challenges to health care systems. We will explore the various factors contributing to hospital surge, including but not limited to, increased patient volume, resource scarcity, and workforce shortages. We will also discuss the potential impacts of hospital surge on patient care quality, health care worker morale, and overall hospital operations. We will also touch upon the role of technology and data analytics in predicting and managing surge situations.

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. | Hosted Luncheon

1:45 – 2:45 p.m. | General Session | Frontline Facility: Initial Management of a Patient with a Suspected Special Pathogen 
Jennifer Cuzzolina, Special Pathogens Program Coordinator, Jennifer Garland, and Ryan Tuchmayer, MPH, Director, Emergency Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Cedars Sinai In a time of increasing emerging special pathogens threats, The Joint Commission will implement new standards for which hospitals must adhere for the initial management of a patient with a special pathogen. During this presentation, Cedars Sinai will discuss the management of a patient with a special pathogen who presents to a frontline facility. Considerations for PPE selection, waste management, and enhanced infection control measures will be discussed and interactive case studies for possible patient scenarios will be presented.

2:45 – 3:45 p.m. | Closing Keynote Session| Enhancing Health Care Emergency Preparedness: Tools for Success
Rachel Lehman, ASPR TRACIE Program Director, HHS Strategic Preparedness and Response Center for Prepare
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) provides stakeholders easy access to health care emergency preparedness information, promising practices, and relevant new knowledge. This session will highlight recent resources and tools ASPR TRACIE developed in coordination with its subject matter expert, Cadre, in response to current hot topics in health care preparedness such as: cyber threats, hospital and regional patient surge management, pediatric resources, workforce shortages, utility outages, behavioral health and workforce resilience, and health care coalition engagement.

Kimberly Galey
National Emergency Management Consultant
Kaiser Permanente
Kimberly Galey is a National Emergency Management Consultant with Kaiser Permanente. She supports the National Command Center (NCC) and national initiatives such as overseeing and shaping policies related to emergency management, providing ongoing education and regulatory survey support, partnering with internal and external stakeholders on emergency management projects and exercises, and leading and supporting groups focusing on planning, mitigation, response and recovery efforts.

Brigitte Glines, CA-PEM, IAEM-CEM, DVM
Hub Manager
USCSF Pediatric Pandemic Network
Dr. Brigitte French is the University of California- San Francisco Hub Program Manager for the Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN), an all-hazards network of children’s hospitals in diverse regions of the United States. The vision of the PPN is for all children and families to receive high-quality, equitable pediatric care in everyday emergencies, disasters, and global health threats. She was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 2005 as a Public Health Officer and transitioned to civilian healthcare emergency management in 2015. Dr. French became a Certified Emergency Manager with the International Association of Emergency Managers in 2017 and earned her California Professional Emergency Management certification in 2023.

Danisha Jenkins, PhD, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC, NHDP-BC
Director of Emergency Preparedness
Sharp HealthCare
Dr. Jenkins is the System Director of Emergency Preparedness at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego and an Assistant Professor of Nursing at San Diego State University. She is passionate about health equity in emergency management, and the nurse’s unique role in disaster response and recovery.

Isabel Sanchez 
Disaster Services Specialist
Emergency Coordination Programs
Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency
Isabel is the Disaster Services Specialist with L.A. County EMS Agency Emergency Coordination Programs in the Disaster Response Section. She oversees the Medical Health Operational Area Coordination (MHOAC), Region 1 Regional Disaster Medical Health Coordination (RDMHC) programs as well as the Department Emergency Coordination/Building Emergency Coordination (DEC/BEC) programs. Ms. Sanchez assists in the planning, development, evaluation and coordination of the countywide emergency preparedness and disaster services programs.

Andrew Ward, NREMT, TLO
Director of Emergency Management/Environment of Care, Facility Safety Officer
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Mr. Ward is the Director of Emergency Management/EOC for Antelope Valley Medical Center. Mr. Ward also serves as the LA County Region 10 Disaster Resource Center (DRC) coordinator. He has been involved in Emergency Preparedness for 20+ years, first as a Disaster Lead and Decon instructor in the ED then as part of the Emergency Preparedness Department. He is a former Paramedic and works as an EMT skills instructor.

Kyle Whimpey, NHA
Executive Director
Somerset Sub Acute & Care
Of the 9 years in health care, Mr. Whimpey spent 7 of them in the skilled nursing industry, primarily dedicated to administrative roles with organizations that include PACs, Aspen Skilled Healthcare, and most recently both Golden Hill Post-Acute Care & Somerset Sub Acute & Care. His operational leadership has impacted various regions including Northern California, West Los Angeles, San Diego, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Tuition fees are for in-person or livestream.
Note: Livestreaming includes all keynote and general sessions plus select breakout sessions.

Early Bird Members: $415*
Early Bird Associate Members and Government Entities: $415*
Early Bird Nonmembers: $1000*
*Early Bird pricing expires on 8/9/2024.

Members: $450
Associate Members and Government Entities: $450
Nonmembers: $1100

Members are CHA member hospitals. Nonmembers are non-hospital health care providers, clinics, and post-acute facilities that serve hospitals. Education programs and publications are a membership benefit and are not available to eligible non-member California hospitals.

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Cancellation Policy

A $75 non-refundable processing fee will be retained for each cancellation. Cancellations must be made in writing seven or more days prior to the scheduled event and emailed to education@calhospital.org. No refunds will be given after these dates. Substitutions are encouraged. Cancellation and substitution notification may be emailed to education@calhospital.org. In the unlikely event that the program is cancelled, refunds will be issued to paid registrants within 30 days.

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Full attendance at the educational session or livestream event is a prerequisite for receiving professional continuing education (CE) credit. Attendees must sign in at the conference, complete post-event survey and, when required, include state bar or professional license number. Livestream participants must attest to participation in post-event survey. CE certificates will be emailed approximately three weeks after the conference. Lunch and breaks are not included for continuing education credit. (Amount of CE offered subject to change.)

Compliance —  The Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® has approved this event for up to 13.5  live CCB CEUs. Continuing Education Units are awarded based on individual attendance records. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by CCB of this event content or of the event sponsor.

Accreditation Statement

Credit Designation for Nursing
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Learners are advised that accredited status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with an activity.

California Board of Registered Nursing
AXIS is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16702, for a maximum of 10.25 contact hours.

Risk Management 
This program has been approved for a total of 11.25 contact hours of Continuing Education Credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow) and towards CPHRM renewal.

Healthcare Executives
ACHE Qualified Education credit must be related to healthcare management (i.e., it cannot be clinical, inspirational, or specific to the sponsoring organization). It can be earned through educational programs conducted or sponsored by any organization qualified to provide education programming in healthcare management. Programs may be sponsored by ACHE, chapters, or other qualified sources, whether the programming is face-to-face or distance offerings (webinars, online seminars, self-study courses, etc.). You will receive a certificate of completion for 11.25 hours.

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Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
AXIS Medical Education requires faculty, instructors, authors, planners, directors, managers, reviewers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all real or apparent conflicts of interest they may have with ineligible companies. An ineligible entity is any organization whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant conflicts of interest are identified and mitigated prior to initiation of the planning phase for an activity. 

AXIS has mitigated and disclosed to learners all relevant conflicts of interest disclosed by staff, planners, faculty/authors, peer reviewers, or others in control of content for this activity. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation or activity. Disclosure information for faculty, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, and/or relevant staff is provided with this activity.

The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships or relationships they have with ineligible companies of any amount during the past 24 months:

Name of Faculty/Presenter	Reported Financial Relationship
Angela Murray, MSN, RN	Nothing to disclose
Shanley Miller	External contractor for Moderna LLC (relationship has ended)
Erik Angle, RN, MICN, MEP, NHDP	Nothing to disclose
Andi Tenner, MD, MPH, FACEP	Nothing to disclose
Isabel Sanchez	Nothing to disclose
Mara Bryant, MBA	Nothing to disclose
Matthew Conroy	Nothing to disclose
Christopher Riccardi, CHEP, CHSP	Nothing to disclose
Brigette Glines, CA-PEM, IAEM-CEM, DVM	Nothing to disclose
Trish Muth-Masayon, MPH, MBA	Nothing to disclose
Danisha Jenkins, PhD, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC, NHDP-BC	Nothing to disclose
Kyle Whimpey, NHA	Nothing to disclose
Donna Johnson	Nothing to disclose
Lizi Oceransky, M.A., MCC, CPCC, CDWF, CDTLD	Nothing to disclose
Raj Puri, MD, MPH	Nothing to disclose
Sean Roberts	Nothing to disclose
Ashley Ave	Nothing to disclose
Janette Ducut, Ed.D	Nothing to disclose
Erika Cheung, MSN, RN, CPN	Nothing to disclose
Vicky Olson, MPS, BSN, RN	Nothing to disclose
Steve Shrubb, RN, BSN	Nothing to disclose
Janet Gutierrez, BA, HEM	Nothing to disclose
Jennifer Cuzzolina, RN, MSN-CIC	Nothing to disclose
Jennifer Garland	Nothing to disclose
Ryan Tuchmayer, MPH	Nothing to disclose
Rachel Lehman, ASPR, TRACIE	Nothing to disclose

The following directors, planners, managers, peer reviewers, and relevant staff reported no financial relationships they have with any ineligible company of any amount during the past 24 months:

Name of Directors, Planners, Managers, Reviewers, Staff

Jessica Lightle

Jaime Welcher

Mary Massey

Carrie Harcharik

Lisa Hartzell

Robin Campbell

Holly M. Hampe, DSc., RN, MHA, MRM, CPHQ

Dee Morgillo, MEd., MT(ASCP), CHCP

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of patient conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

 Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. 

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners.  Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Requirements for credit:  

• Attend/participate in the educational activity and review all course materials. 
• Complete the CE Attestation/Evaluation form online by 11:59 pm ET on October 11, 2024.  Instructions will be provided. If you do not complete the online evaluation by this date, you will not be able to get CME/CE credit for this event.
• Upon successful completion of the online form, your statement of completion will be presented to you to print.

Day 1:
At the conclusion of this day’s educational sessions, participants should be better able to:

1. Identify ways to prepare for The Joint Commission’s emergency management (EM) survey session.
2. Discuss how health care systems can utilize business continuity programs to effectively prepare for and respond to cyberattacks and unplanned downtimes for their digital systems.
3. Identify future goals to improve planning and response to a cyber event.
4. Explain the importance of involving community partners in the exercises, from local, state, and federal partners.
5. Summarize the various earthquake tools and resources available for hospital and health care facility staff to make quick educated decisions following an earthquake.
6. Describe scenarios where leadership can make or break health care delivery in a crisis.
7. Outline the role of each stakeholder and their responsibilities during an evacuation, including the facilitation of a collaborative and coordinated response effort among responding agencies.
8. Identify key aspects for the inclusion of pediatrics into your surge/MCI planning and response.
9. Outline hazard vulnerability assessments (HVAs) to create actionable emergency management plans that improve resilience in hospital operations against the impacts of climate change-related hazards.
10. Identify areas of improvement for the implementation of a regional patient tracking process flow, to improve overall emergency preparedness and response across the health care coalition.
11. Demonstrate how effective emergency response and coordination can mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on health care systems.

Day 2:
At the conclusion of this day’s educational sessions, participants should be better able to:

1. Recognize a simple but powerful trust inventory for building or repairing trust with another person.
2. List radiation types and uses.
3. Explain the differences between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, including their applications and associated risks in various industries.
4. State four instances where health care coalition partners were able to partner with hospitals during emergencies.
5. Discuss how to save organization resources by utilizing the full potential of available systems and software.
6. Examine the ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
7. List pediatric considerations for mass casualty incidents, decontamination, reunification, evacuation, and special pathogens.
8. Describe cyber threats in the health care sector.
9. Examine strategies to mitigate and improve responses to cyber threats.
10. Identify ways to streamline the after-action reporting writing process, ensuring thorough analysis and actionable recommendations.
11. Discuss 3 real world events and the role strong community relationships had in these events for effective emergency preparedness.
12. Identify surge response best practices and components every hospital should consider in surge planning.
13. Identify minimum standards for PPE selection and waste management for use with a patient with a suspected special pathogen.
14. Review how the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) can identify and remedy knowledge gaps for emergency preparedness and quickly respond to technical assistance requests.

Pasadena Convention Center
300 E Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

HOST HOTEL

Hotel Dena
303 Cordova Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

The Hotel Dena no longer has discounted rooms available.

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OVERFLOW ROOM BLOCK

Courtyard Los Angeles Pasadena/Old Town
180 North Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103

An overflow room block is available at the Courtyard Marriott, a short walk to the Pasadena Convention Center. To book your reservation at the discounted rate of $189, click here. The deadline for discounted rooms is August 28. 

Showcase your products to hundreds of leading health care decision makers. We are expecting 600+ hospital administrators, emergency preparedness coordinators, disaster planners, risk managers, physicians, nurse executives, emergency department managers, safety and security personnel, and other hospital professionals from throughout the state.

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Ways to Participate

Sponsor the conference
Sponsorship opportunities are available and offer additional benefits, including free booth space at the exhibit show, complimentary conference registrations, advertising in conference app, plenty of face time with attendees and much more.

Exhibit at the conference
Showcase your product or service directly to hospitals participating in the exhibit show. With dedicated exhibit viewing time to network, you will not be disappointed!

Beyond the Booth – A La Carte Opportunities
Reserving your exhibit space is just the start of building your experience. By leveraging the beyond the booth opportunities available to you as a sponsor and/or exhibitor, you can increase your visibility and engagement with conference attendees, and maximize the return on your investment.

Application

Requests will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Act quickly — we expect exhibit space to sell out.

Questions? Contact Lisa Hartzell at lhartzell@calhospital.org.

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The California Hospital Association would like to thank our 2024 annual conference sponsors and exhibitors!

Platinum Sponsor:

Gold Sponsor:

Silver Sponsors:

Exhibitors to Date:

• 3M
• All Over Communications
• Ascenttra
• Athena Security
• ATI Restoration, LLC
• California Poison Control System
• Carecubes
• Cell Over Satelite
• Centegix
• Deployed Logix
• Disc-O-Bed LP
• Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA)
• Emerging Global Services
• Ethos Evacuation Strategies
• Everbridge
• Federation of State Medical Boards
• FORTS USA
• Granny’s Alliance Holdings, Inc.
• Guest Communications (GCC)
• ILC Dover
• Integrity Medical Solutions
• Kinemetrics
• MealsForAll
• Paws 4 Healing
• Pediatric Disaster Center of Excellence Liaison
• PG&E
• PointClickCare
• Professional Renovation Services
• RRS Patient Decontamination
• Shelter Systems USA
• Simpler Life Emergency Provisions, Inc.
• Veoci