HSCS '09: Better Ways to Integrate Emergency Operations Plans with Your Communit
Product Description:
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The Joint Commission and the federal National Incident Management System (NIMS) mandate cooperative relationships between hospitals and community authorities when it comes to disaster plans. Local organizations must play a role in a healthcare facility's emergency management efforts.
HSCS '09: Better Ways to Integrate Emergency Operations Planning with Your Community is a 60-minute presentation where Joseph Cappiello discusses how the H1N1 flu outbreaks affected community hospitals' emergency planning, and details strategies that have proven successful in getting community agencies more involved with disaster preparation at the hospital level—and how those strategies fit into emergency management compliance.
After listening to this session, you will be able to:
- Explain ways to integrate local community partners with hospital emergency operations efforts
- Take steps to overcome obstacles to community cooperation with emergency management
Who should listen:
- Safety officers
- Facility directors
- Safety committee members
- Emergency management coordinators
- Directors of engineering
- Directors of plant operations
- Hospital fire marshals
- Survey prep coordinators
About the speaker:
Joseph Cappiello is chairman of Cappiello & Associates in Elmhurst, IL, and the former vice president for accreditation field operations at The Joint Commission. He spent 10 years at The Joint Commission directing key internal functions, as well as serving as a surveyor. He led Joint Commission initiatives on emergency management and disaster response, personally debriefing nearly 300 healthcare organizations following disasters. He testified before Congress following his experiences with Hurricane Katrina and before the National Transportation Safety Board following the evacuation of Houston during Hurricane Rita.
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