Emergency Management Compliance in 2009 (Audio Conference)

AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND

Sponsored by: Emergency Management Compliance Manual: A Guide to the Joint Commission Standards

presented on November 3, 2008

A practical approach to implementing the new emergency management standards

Industry experts Susan McLaughlin, MBA, FASHE, CHSP, and Steve M. Ennis, CHSP, CFPS explain what implication The Joint Commission’s new emergency management chapter has on your facility.

This year’s active hurricane season is already driving home the value of hospital preparation and recovery plans. And as of January 1, 2009, the importance of emergency operations plans will elevate more due to The Joint Commission’s new emergency management standards. Safety professionals and emergency management coordinators need to understand the true changes and learn how to best maintain compliance under the new chapter.

Listen to HCPro's 90-minute audio conference Emergency Management Compliance in 2009: Meet the Joint Commission's New Standards. Let us explain the standards and provide action related steps for you to take to comply. You’ll receive guidance on how to understand and interpret the new emergency management standards, and how to apply them to your hospital. Our expert speakers also give examples from the field that illustrate best practices you can use for better disaster planning.

Make our advice your advantage. Purchase today and get best practice advice to take on the new changes with confidence.

BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET!

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive these helpful “take-aways” provided within your materials pack:

• Crosswalk between the 2008 EC standards and the 2009 EC, emergency management, and life safety standards
• Tools from HCPro’s upcoming book, Emergency Management Compliance Manual
• List of helpful emergency management resources

These materials are provided with PDF links.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Determine the significance and implications of the new emergency management chapter
• Identify what’s new in the 2009 emergency management standards
• Implement best practices for developing resource and asset inventories
• Discuss the key points behind 96-hour stand-alone capability
• Develop a better emergency operations plan

THE AGENDA

1. Significance of the new emergency management chapter
1. Elevated importance of the new emergency management chapter
2. Relief in 2008 for certain elements of performance ends in 2009
3. No true change needed in your 2008 approach to emergency planning
2. What’s new in the 2009 emergency management standards
1. Annual emergency plan review with the community
2. Separate hazard vulnerability analyses for remote sites
3. Clearer provisions in the 96-hour stand-alone rule
4. Credentialing and describing privileges in writing
5. Additional wording for utilities and vulnerable populations
6. Annual review of the inventory process for resources and assets
7. Drills for business occupancies that serve as disaster receiving sites
3. Developing inventories for resources and assets under EM.01.01.01
1. Approach to setting up inventories
2. Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management’s formulary for determining inventories
3. Coordinating with your region or state’s level of preparedness
4. Understanding your 96-hour stand-alone capabilities under EM.02.01.01
1. Debunking the myth of mandatory stockpiling
2. Mitigation activities that come into play
3. Leadership determining if supply limits are acceptable within emergency operations plans
5. Developing an emergency operations plan under EM.02.01.01
1. What the Joint Commission is looking for
2. Working the emergency management standards, HICS, and NIMS into your emergency operations plan
3. Determining departmental roles during disaster response
4. Interfacing with community operations
6. Q & A

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Susan McLaughlin, MBA, FASHE, CHSP, is a managing director of MSL Healthcare Consulting in McMurray, PA, a full service consulting firm in the environment of care and capital lifecycle planning. She has 8 years of prior consulting experience as President of SBM Consulting, Ltd.  She is a Fellow of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association Program. She represents ASHE as Immediate Past Chair of NFPA’s Healthcare Section Executive Board and on the NFPA 99 technical committee on Emergency Management and Security.

Steve M. Ennis, CHSP, CFPS, is the president of SME Consulting, Inc. in Fredericksburg, VA. In this position, he provides educational programs and consultative services in the areas of life safety, emergency management and, environment of care to healthcare organizations. He currently serves as the technical advisor for the ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program for the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association.

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WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Safety officer, facilities director, security director, survey coordinator, occupational safety and health officer, emergency management coordinator, vice president of operations

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

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