Please view this video on Emergency Preparedness Planning from the CHC's Weitzman Institute focusing on the role of FQHC leadership, staff support, and key strategies for preparedness and easing anxiety.
2. Veena Channamsetty, MD, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer – CHC, Inc.
Mary Blankson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Chief Nursing Officer – CHC, Inc.
Natalie Bycenski, MSN, RN
Nurse Manager, Chair of Infection Control – CHC, Inc.
Faculty Presenters
3. Review Established Plan
Leadership
Staff
Communication
Other Considerations
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Emergency Preparedness Planning
4. Readiness assessment & risk assessment
Annual flu
Other emergencies
COVID-19
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Review Established Emergency Preparedness Plan
5. Understand the evidence and guidelines to address
challenges
Operationalize guidelines to each practice
Acknowledge how challenges are similar across sites and
areas
Support your teams
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The Role of Leadership
6. Personal protective equipment
Choreography
Functional drills
Remote working policies
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Supporting Staff
7. Communicate often and to everyone
Identify point person who regularly
reviews updated CDC guidance
Proactively reserve time to communicate
ongoing guidance
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Communication Strategies
8. Ordering supplies
Cleaning and disinfecting
Technology
Other disciplines
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Other Considerations
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COVID-19’s Global Spread: NIH’s Lead
on Coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Talks
about the Growing Epidemic and
Whether America is Safe
What You Need to Know About
COVID-19 with Dr. Saad Omer of
the Yale Institute for Global Health
Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times
correspondent and Executive Producer of
the Netflix documentary “Pandemic: How
to Prevent an Outbreak,” Dr. Sheri Fink