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(Agenda and speakers are subject to change. Last updated March 12, 2010)
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this conference and upon return to your organization, you will be able to:
- Recognize the return on investment that improving emergency preparedness brings
- Compare and contrast organizational performance to best practices in actual disasters and structured exercises
- Define best practice approaches in achieving compliance to Joint Commission Emergency Preparedness standards
- Develop concrete and reliable approaches and solutions to identified risk areas in emergency preparedness
- Identify opportunities for collaborative planning, training, and response in your communities to mitigate and manage hospital surge
Special thanks to the 2010 Emergency Preparedness Conference Planning Committee:
Lynne Bergero, MHSA
Project Director, Division of Standards & Survey Methods
The Joint Commission
Debbie Carver, BS, EMTP, CRT, RCP
Emergency Management Planner/Coordinator
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Tallahassee, FL
Mike Chisholm
Life Safety Code Specialist,
The Joint Commission
George Contreras
President, The GWC Group, LLC
Paramedic, St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY
Jerry Gervais
Associate Director, Standards Interpretation
The Joint Commission
Kathryn Grimm, MPH
System Director, Emergency Preparednesss
HealthEast Care System, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Sandra Khan
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
David Milen, PHD
Bioterrorism/Disaster Preparedness Coordinator
St. Margaret Mercy Hospital, Hammond, IN
Debra Novak
Senior Service Fellow
CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Eugenie Schwartz
Yale New Have Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Ed Tangredi, MHA, ACHE
Safety Officer
White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY
Leslie LaBelle, RN, MSN, MBA, CPHQ,
Associate Director, National Conferences and Field Education
Joint Commission Resources
Gina LaMantia, MS, MEd
Program Manager
Joint Commission Resources