Catalog Number : agjc1554
Title : Defining Preparedness & Building Resiliency in 2009
Speaker : Joe Cappiello

Webplay Recording Date :
Webplay Price : $ 150 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

In 2008, the Joint Commission introduced significant changes to its standards regarding Emergency Management that will become effective in rendering accreditation decisions in 2009. This webinar will review key elements of those standards as well as the philosophy behind those changes.

This webinar will focus on the factors that compel healthcare organizations to engage in disaster preparedness and outline effective strategies for meeting those demands. The concept of introducing resiliency into the preparedness cycle will be discussed and why organizations should move away from the notion of being “prepared” to the reality of embedding resiliency into their planning and response efforts.

Hurricane Gustav caused the greatest staged medical evacuation in US history. Thousands of acute and long term care patients were evacuated from the city of New Orleans in anticipation of the storm and with the memory of Hurricane Katrina still lingering. Most hospitals chose to keep their most critical patients and shelter in place due to the fragility and risk to those patients. How did they come to make these decisions and what did they base those decisions on?

Webinar Objectives:

• List the five strategies of meeting the “96-hour” rule
• Identify the major factors influencing organizational preparedness
• Define resiliency as it applies to healthcare
• List the six critical components that the Joint Commission required in your Emergency Operations Plan
• Identify four benefits of properly conducted exercises

Target Audience:  Safety officers, security officers, compliance officers, materials management administrators, directors of engineering, and facility engineers.

Contact Hours:  This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.