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Leading, Learning and Laying the Course Through COVID-19
Best practices to make a daunting task manageable

November 29, 2022

This presentation demonstrates how CHOC adapted to the barrage of issues that were faced during COVID-19. The hospital command center (HCC) implemented day care for staff families, outdoor preprocedural drive-through testing, staff guidance and information sharing through “Source of Truth” messaging and two-way situational reporting amongst coalition peers. Documenting all activities through a virtual HCC tool with over 6,000 activity log entries over 36 operational periods has proven to be a best practice that made a daunting task manageable.

Presenters:

  • Christopher Riccardi, CHSP, CHEP, Manager, Emergency Management & Business Continuity
  • Calvin Fakkema, Director of Support Services, Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC)

Downloadable Materials:

  • Leading, Learning and Laying the Course Through COVID-19 Presentation
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Health Systems’ Partnerships with Public Health for Disaster Response
Community collaboration offers unique opportunities

November 28, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health care delivery systems world-wide by straining scarce resources, such as critical care therapeutics, hospital beds and clinical staff, necessitating drastic public health measures. Cross-institutional collaborations within communities offer unique opportunities to prevent or mitigate health disparities in resource utilization and access to care. In this session, San Francisco Department of Public Health will present on their collaboration with health systems that allowed them to do just that.

Presenters:

  • Tiffany Riviera, Deputy Director, PHEPR, San Francisco Department of Public Health
  • Mary Mercer, MD, Clinical Health Systems
  • Lukejohn Day, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Downloadable Materials:

  • Partnerships with Public Health for Disaster Response Presentation
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Desperate Times Call for Different Measures
Building Crisis Standards of Care During COVID-19

November 28, 2022

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has revealed weaknesses in the health care system and how we deliver care. The Emergency Department is often on the frontline when making difficult decisions regarding care when resources become scarce. It is important to address this with education on crisis standards of care as well as scrutiny of existing models. This includes challenging how they are best designed to meet our current needs, where there might be crucial gaps in the assessment of need and delivery of care, and when they must be implemented.

Presenter:

  • Martha Meredith Masters, Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

Downloadable Materials:

  • Desperate Times Call for Different Measures Presentation
  • Crisis Standards of Care
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Physician Redeployment During Three COVID-19 Surges
2021 Disaster Planning for California Hospitals Virtual Conference

October 29, 2021

Between March 2020 and March 2021, Northern California experienced three COVID-19 surges, each one sequentially larger than the last. Each of these surges had the potential to strain traditional physician staffing, and so a centralized physician redeployment program was developed across the 21 medical centers of Kaiser Permanente Northern California to address potential shortages. The program developed and refined a number of redeployment strategies, including leveraging the interconnectedness of physicians within the KP Northern California health care system. This presentation focuses on the strategies used to redeploy physicians, as well as the training and mental health support provided by the program.

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Presented by:

Rick Dlott, MD
Endocrinologist and Clinical Informaticist
The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG)
Kaiser Permanente Northern CA

Suzy Fitzgerald
Regional Emergency Training Director
Kaiser Permanente

Mary Meyer, MD
Emergency Medicine
Kaiser Permanente

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Revisions to The Annual Coalition Surge Test (CST) Exercise
2021 Disaster Planning for California Hospitals Virtual Conference

October 29, 2021

The CST is an evacuation-based exercise and is one of the required activities that Healthcare Coalitions (HCCs) must participate in as members of the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP).

Although the CST is an annual requirement, HPP waived this requirement for the last two years due to COVID. HPP requires HCCs to conduct the CST exercise this year. The purpose of the CST exercise is to foster coordination, collaboration, and communication among HCC partners. 

At the suggestion of many partners, including hospitals, healthcare associations, and HCC members, HPP staff, with the help of numerous SMEs, revised the CST exercise. This session provides the opportunity to learn more about the upcoming revisions, ask questions and receive explanations.

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Presented by:

David Csernak, MS, MA
Regional Supervisor (Acting), National Healthcare Preparedness Programs, Emergency Management & Medical Operations, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Kevin Sheehan
Captain, U.S. Public Health Service, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), National Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP), Region IX

Olugbadero Yerokun
Consultant, Core Business Operations
Deloitte

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WRAP-EM Telehealth and COVID-19 Community Regional Response
2021 Disaster Planning for California Hospitals Virtual Conference

October 29, 2021

The presentation includes lessons learned and best practices identified through a comprehensive examination of the WRAP-EM community regional response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The presentation will provide information on the impact a supportive regional community can have on the positive health outcomes of pediatric patients, their families, health care providers, communities, and beyond.

Additionally, the presentation focuses on the WRAP-EM survey of pediatric emergency preparedness experts on telehealth infrastructure and how telehealth was integrated into existing pediatric emergency care. In addition to creating several recommendations for health systems, speakers share the challenges, what worked and lessons learned during the pandemic along with a “telehealth legal playbook” that addresses legal and regulatory barriers to telehealth in pediatric disaster management.

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  • Download Lessons Learned and Best Practices Intra-Action Report
  • Download Telecritical Care Checklist

Presented by:

Mubeen Jafri, MD
Associate Professor 
Oregon Health & Science University

Karla Lavin Williams, DrPH
Southern California Coordinator
Western Region Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM)

James Marcin 
Professor 
UC Davis

P. Brian Savino, MD, MPH
Director of Prehospital Care
Western Region Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM)

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A View Into UC Health’s COVID-19 Command Centers
2021 Disaster Planning for California Hospitals Virtual Conference

October 29, 2021

UC Health Emergency Managers at all five UC Medical Centers were front and center for COVID-19 response, even before it was a leading news story. The EMs are often asked questions like: How did we do this? Did we know this was coming? What are we thinking about now? What is it that you do here, exactly? They would love to share their experiences with you. Join us for a panel presentation with the Emergency Managers from all five University of California Medical Centers.

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Presented by:

David Blacksberg
Senior Consultant
BSI Consulting Services

Joe Brothman Director
Facilities, Environmental Health and Safety & Emergency Management
UC Irvine Health

Kevin Dugan
Director, Emergency Management
UC San Francisco Health

Kurt Kainsinger Director
Office of Emergency Preparedness,
UCLA Health

Kristina Spurgeon
Emergency Manager
University of California, Davis Health

Matthias Tooman
Emergency Operations Manager
UC San Francisco Health

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Coronavirus Response
California Hospital Association (CHA)

May 31, 2021

On June 8, 2021 CHA distributed its final edition of CHA’s Coronavirus Response. CHA will provide regular updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic through its twice-weekly newsletter, CHA News. Staff at member hospitals who don’t currently receive CHA News may subscribe on the CHA website. 

June 8

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COVID-19 Resources
Helping hospitals serve their communities

February 8, 2021

The coronavirus is changing all of our lives, and we are relying on our health care system like never before. California’s hospitals are working around the clock to care for patients and prepare for a projected surge in patient volume. Many are taking unprecedented measures to expand their ability to care for current and anticipated COVID-19 cases, not to mention other urgent health care needs.

To help support hospitals and health systems in their efforts to prepare and care for patients COVID-19, CHA has compiled the latest updates, guidance, and resources related to the virus including webinar recordings, state and federal actions, and other timely information for hospitals.

Visit CHA’s COVID-19 Resource Page

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Resource Requests

January 27, 2021

With resources at critically low levels across all regions of the state, the nation, and worldwide, the best way to get supplies in California is to request them through the Medical and Health Operational Area Coordinator (MHOAC) Program.

A list of county MHOAC contacts is here, and a reference guide for making requests — along with a chart illustrating the flow of communication and resources – is here.

Instructions for requesting supplies through MHOAC — a process that is tested annually with your hospital and disaster coordinator during the November Statewide Medical and Health Exercise — are below.

Hospital initiates the request to the MHOAC using a 213 Resource Request (RR). Note: Even though hospitals often realize that local, regional, and state caches may be empty, it is important to continue submitting 213 RR requests to ensure the requests are making it to CDC for potential fulfillment.

The MHOAC distributes any local supplies available.

If there are insufficient local/county supplies, the MHOAC submits the hospital’s 213 RR to the Regional Disaster Medical and Health Specialist to check for available supplies in the region.

If there are insufficient supplies in the region, the Regional Disaster Medical and Health Specialist submits the hospital’s 213 RR to the State Medical and Health Command Center, which is a combined state command center of the Emergency Medical Services Authority and the California Department of Public Health.

If there are insufficient state supplies, the Medical and Health Command Center shares the requests with the State Operations Center, which then — under the Governor’s emergency declaration — makes a request from the Strategic National Stockpile and Vendor Managed Inventory.

If you are using this process and not receiving a response or the necessary resources you need, please contact Mary Massey, vice president, emergency preparedness, at mmassey@calhospital.org.

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Ventilator Sharing Protocols
Shared by Mount Sinai Health System

March 30, 2020

Note: Mount Sinai Health System Emergency Ventilator Sharing Protocol is a working protocol and is subject to revision.

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Version Date: April 11, 2020

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Emergency Legal Preparedness: COVID-19
The Network for Public Health Law

March 20, 2020

This Primer provides key information on the public health emergency response to the COVID-19. The primer will provide information & objective guidance (not legal advice) on emerging issues of law and policy and serve as a quick briefing on core legal preparedness and response issues

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Strategic National Stockpile Ventilator Training Program
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

March 19, 2020

Pandemic events present multiple challenges to the health care environment and the ability of the respiratory therapist to provide mechanical ventilation to all persons in need.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is a repository of ventilators that would be used to supplement the supply currently in use by the nation’s acute care facilities. These ventilators can be requested and allocated to areas of need in the event of a pandemic.

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COVID Drive-Thru Testing: Considerations and Lessons Learned
ASPR TRACIE

March 19, 2020

ASPR TRACIE compiled and synthesized information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local and state health departments, and other open sources.

This response highlights resources for healthcare system emergency preparedness planners to use while preparing for and responding to infectious disease outbreaks with drive-through clinic models.

Considerations and lessons learned from these materials are also gathered and provided as points for consideration. ASPR TRACIE reached out to members of its Subject Matter Expert Cadre for information and will update this document with additional operational resources and guidance documents as they become available.

  • COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing: Considerations and Lessons Learned
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Listen, Protect and Connect Psychological First Aid System
FEMA

March 10, 2020

The Listen, Protect and Connect psychological first aid system designed for families, neighbors, co-workers and first responders. One version is an “all ages” family-to-family, neighbor-to-neighbor version and two are specifically for supporting children. One for parents and one just for teachers and schools to use.

This approach suggests ways we all can support each other’s resilience and coping before, during and after emergencies. The approach builds on strengths and practices that families and community already use and offer additional ideas and tools to call upon in times of disaster.

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Parent-Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with Coronavirus
National Child Traumatic Stress Network

March 10, 2020

A fact-sheet for parents and caregivers about infectious disease outbreaks in your community. Knowing important information about the outbreak and learning how to be prepared can reduce stress and help calm likely anxieties.

This resource will help parents and caregivers think about how an infectious disease outbreak might affect their family— both physically and emotionally—and what they can do to help their family cope.

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HICS COVID Templates for Incident Action Planning

March 9, 2020

These templates are intended to serve only as samples for those new to HICSi:

HICS 201: Incident Briefing

HICS 202: Incident Objectives Examples

HICS 204: Assignment List Finance

HICS 214: Activity Log

HICS 2015A: Incident Action Plan IAP Safety Analysis

HICS 2015A: Incident Action Plan IAP Safety Analysis

Infection Disease Incident Planning Guide (IPG)

Infection Disease Incident Response Guide (IRG)

Hospital Seasonal influenza/Pandemic Preparedness Checklist

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Interim Guidance on Efficient Use of Respirator Supplies for Health Care Workers
CalOSHA

March 4, 2020

Cal/OSHA Issued Interim Guidance on Coronavirus for Health Care Facilities on “Efficient Use of Respirator Supplies”.

Note: this guidance is subject to change as the situation evolves.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Use of Stockpiled N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators for Protection from COVID-19 Beyond the Manufacturer-Designated Shelf Life
CDPH & CalOSHA

March 4, 2020

Frequently Asked Questions about use of stockpiled N95 filtering facepiece respirators for protection from COVID-19 beyond the manufacturer-designated shelf life.

Note: this guidance is subject to change as the situation evolves.

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Hospitals Bracing for Virus Outbreak
San Francisco Chronicle

February 28, 2020

Solano County recorded the first U.S. case unrelated to international travel, raising fears of a local outbreak — and California hospitals are bracing for the possibility of large numbers of coronavirus patients at a time many are already stretched thin because of the flu season.

View article “Hospitals Bracing for Virus Outbreak”

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