Kaiser Permanente embarked upon a journey to standardize
emergency response and research and deploy an incident response
tool which will allow the organization to communicate effectively
in an accurate and timely manner. Join us in a discussion to
review the research, development and implementation process
Kaiser has utilized to adopt and standardize a hospital incident
response system covering eight regions, 42 hospitals and a
national command center. The purpose of the discussion will be to
help others identify technology needs, potential questions,
issues and strategies.
Presenters:
Kimberly Galey, National EM
Consultant
Shakiara Kitchen, CHEP, CEM, Regional
Practice Specialist, Emergency Management, Kaiser Permanente
The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Pilot Program is
identifying opportunities to enhance partnerships between
military and civilian health care systems to improve
military-civilian interoperability and medical surge capabilities
and capacity to care for combat casualties repatriated to the
United States. This session will provide an overview of the pilot
program, activities completed to date, highlight medical surge
readiness and opportunities for improvement in the Sacramento
region based on stakeholder feedback. Attendees will leave with a
better understanding of opportunities and mechanisms to improve
medical surge readiness in California.
Presenter:
Kelly Anderson, Enterprise Emergency
Management, City of Hope
