ENSURING YOUR COMMUNITY'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
A Joint Program between Virginia HIMSS and American College of Healthcare Executive’s HealthCare Administrators of Tidewater Chapter
Sponsored by Divurgent
Description: In the best of circumstances, healthcare organizations operate in a complex environment. This can be exacerbated when a community faces a local disaster, either man-made or natural, that thrusts the healthcare system to the forefront of response and makes it the focus of recovery efforts. It is critical that the local healthcare community be actively engaged in the development of comprehensive emergency preparedness plans to ensure that local organizations communicate and coordinate their mutual support in service to the community.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center
1030 University Blvd.
Suffolk, VA 23435
USA
Map and Directions
REGISTRATION FEE:
VA HIMSS/ACHE Members - $25 per person
Non-Members - $35 per person
Students - $15 per person
Continuing education credits: CPHIMS and ACHE Category 1 credits (1.5) will be awarded.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE PROGRAM
PROGRAM AGENDA
Networking Hour: 5:30 – 6:30
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
VMASC will showcase selected models in reception area
Panel Discussion and Dinner: 6:30 – 8:00
Welcome and Introduction of Moderator and Panelists
Moderator: Kathleen Colantuono, RN
Manager of Disaster Management
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
-Provide Brief Overview of Emergency Preparedness Hampton Roads Region
-Facilitate Questions during Q&A Session
Panelist 1: John Sokolowski, PhD
Director of Research, VMASC
-Medical and Healthcare M & S Overview
-Mass Casualty Model
-EVMS/Norfolk General Hurricane Damage and Accessibility Model
Panelist 2: Rafael Diaz, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, VMASC
-Using Simulation-Based Optimization for Bioterrorism Preparedness in an Emergency Room
Panelist 3: Holly Gaff, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Community and Environmental Health in the College of Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
-Disease Modeling
-Detecting Public Health Outbreaks
Panelist 4: Richard Flannery
Regional Emergency Management Planner, Hampton Roads Planning District
-Regional Planning, Role in the Emergency Preparedness Process
-Ensuring an Integrated and Comprehensive Local Plan
Question and Answer Session
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HCAT represents the southeastern section of Virginia and is
organized to
be the professional membership society for healthcare executives; to
meets its members' professional, educational, and leadership needs; to
promote high ethical standards of conduct; to advance healthcare
leadership, management, and development of health care professionals.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of human health. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., and other locations across the country, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care.
Divurgent is a national healthcare consulting firm providing advisory, interim management, revenue cycle management, project management and modeling and simulation services to healthcare providers. Focusing on clinical, financial and technology related services, Divurgent is dedicated to clinical transformation for improving patient's lives. Divurgent was founded by a team of IBM consulting veterans who thought there was a better way to provide quality service to valued clients.
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