Agenda-Regional Workshop Series on Standards of Care during a Mass Casualty Event: New York, NY
8:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Allen Spiegel
The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
8:10 a.m. Introductions, and Workshop Objectives
Sally Phillips,
Workshop Chair
Director
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Session I: Overview and Current National Efforts
Session Objective:
Provide an overview of current efforts underway nationally to assist state and local leaders in establishing standards of care protocols.
8:20 a.m. Standards of Care during a Mass Casualty Events-Federal Guidance
Sally Phillips,
Workshop Chair
Director
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
8:30 a.m. Surge Capacity Altered Standards of Care Continuum: Conventional,
Contingency, and Crisis
Dan Hanfling
Director, Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine
Inova Health System
8:45 a.m. Framing Legal and Ethical Considerations
Tia Powell
Director
Montefiore-Einstein Center for Bioethics
8:55 a.m. Discussion with attendees
Sally Phillips,
Workshop Chair
Director
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Session II: Local and State Standards of Care Protocols
Session Objective:
An interactive discussion with local, state, and regional officials about efforts to establish standards of care. Discuss implementation strategies and how these protocols were advanced to become operational entities in their respective communities. What are the current opportunities and barriers to facilitating improved implementation of protocols.
9:20 a.m. Session Objectives and Background
Dan Hanfling,
Session Chair
Director, Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine
Inova Health System
9:25 a.m. Panel Discussion with State and Local Leaders
David Gruber
Senior Assistant Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Donna Levin
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Lisa Kaplowitz
Health Director
Alexandria Health Department , Virginia
Robert Burhans
Director
Public Health Preparedness and Response
New York Department of Public Health
Rick Hong
Medical Director
Public Health Preparedness Section
Delaware Division of Public Health
10:00 a.m. Response Panel:
Stephen Cantrill
Department of Emergency Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center
Radm Ann Knebel
Deputy Director for Preparedness & Planning
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Department of Health and Human Services
Jack Herrmann
Senior Advisor
Public Health Preparedness
National Association of County and City Health Officials
10:15 a.m. Discussion with Attendees
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What resources, guidelines, and expertise have been used to establish standards of care protocols?
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What are the current opportunities and barriers to creating stronger partnerships and how can these issues be addressed?
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What strategies have been use to help integrate these protocols into practice?
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What are the current opportunities and barriers to facilitating improved implementation of protocols?
Dan Hanfling,
Session Chair
Director, Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine
Inova Health System
11:00 a.m. BREAK
Session III: Provider Communities
Session Objective:
Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the key provider communities in the development and implementation of standards of care
protocols. Identify and discuss solutions related to implementing protocols into practice.
11:15 a.m. Session Objectives and Background
Stephen Cantrill ¸ Session Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center
11:20 a.m. Panel Discussion with Stakeholder Leaders
Valerie Sellers
Senior Vice President
Health Planning and Research
New Jersey Hospital Association
Brian Currie
Vice President & Director of Clinical Research
Montefiore Medical Center
Catherine Ruhl
Associate Director
Women's Health Programs
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
George Foltin
Director
Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine
NYU School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital
11:50 a.m. Response Panel
Kathryn Brinsfield
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Office of Component Services
Office of Health Affairs, DHS
Cheryl Peterson
Senior Policy Fellow
Department of Nursing Practice & Policy
American Nurses Association
Margaret McMahon
Senior Clinical Editor – Journal of Emergency Nursing
Emergency Nurses Association
12:05 p.m. Discussion with Attendees
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What concerns do provider communities have in implementing policies into practice?
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How do protocols get implemented operationally?
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Who is responsible for implementing plans during events?
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What are the triggers?
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What action steps are required to improve involvement of the provider community in the development of standards of care protocols?
Stephen Cantrill ¸ Session Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center
12:45 LUNCH
(in the lower lobby of the Price Center)
Session IV: Interstate and Neighboring Community Cooperation and Coordination
Session Objective:
Discuss what cooperation and coordination will be required between neighboring states and communities in preparation and when implementing standards of care protocols. Discuss the roles of specific stakeholders. Identify what resources will be required and how those may be shared. Explore the current opportunities and barriers to facilitating improved cooperation and coordination and how may these be overcome.
1:30 p.m. Session Objectives and Background
Kathryn Brinsfield,
Session Chair
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Office of Component Services
Office of Health Affairs, DHS
1:35 p.m. Panel Discussion with State and Local Leaders
Steven Gravely
Partner and Healthcare Practice Group Leader
Troutman Sanders LLP
James Hodge
Executive Director
Center for Law and the Public's Health
Johns Hopkins University
Debra Berg
Medical Director
City of New York, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Floyd Russell
Homeland Security Liaison
Research Program Coordinator
Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development
West Virginia University
James Geiling
Chief of Medical Services
White River Junction VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
2:15 p.m. Response Panel
Dan Hanfling
Director, Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine
Inova Health System
Lawrence Deyton
Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Officer
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
Capt D.W. Chen
Director, Civil-Military Medicine
Department of Defense, Pentagon
James Blumenstock
Chief Program Officer
Public Health Practice
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Capt Deborah Levy
Chief, Healthcare Preparedness Activity
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC
2:30 p.m. Discussion with Attendees
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What cooperation will be needed between states and neighboring communities?
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What are the roles of providers and other stakeholders in ensuring cooperation and coordination?
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How can resources best be shared during an event and what plans and agreements need to be in place?
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What strategies can be used to improve coordination and cooperation among neighboring jurisdictions?
Kathryn Brinsfield,
Session Chair
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Office of Component Services
Office of Health Affairs, DHS
Session V: General Discussion with Workshop Participants and Attendees
Session Objective:
Discuss what opportunities and constraints exist to implementing standards of care at local, state, and regional jurisdictions. Review opportunities and challenges identified during the workshop. Identify and discuss the most promising near-term opportunities for improving standards of care protocols at local, state, and regional jurisdictions. Discuss common threads that emerged between each of the regional workshops.
3:15 p.m. Synopsis of Today’s Discussions: Common Threads
Sally Phillips,
Workshop Chair
Director
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
3:30 p.m. Discussion with Attendees
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What new ideas have surfaced in this meeting today that should be explored further?
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What specific challenges arise in the development of standards of care protocols?
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What action steps are required to integrate these strategies into the current public health system?
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What resources and further infrastructure investments will be necessary in the short- and long-term?
4:00 p.m. ADJOURN
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