KNOX/EAST TN HEALTHCARE COALITION CHARITY MENEFEE, KNOX COUNTY - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CHARITY MENEFEE, KNOX COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WANDA ROBERTS, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

KNOX/EAST TN HEALTHCARE COALITION

OVERVIEW

▪ Healthcare Coalition overview ▪ Knox/East TN Healthcare Coalition ▪ Opportunities for support

HEALTHCARE COALITIONS

HEALTHCARE COALITIONS OVERVIEW

▪ Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP): Only source of federal funding that supports regional healthcare system preparedness. ▪ HPP directs the development of regional healthcare coalitions (HCCs) that incentivize diverse and often competitive healthcare organizations with different priorities and

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▪ HPP directs program activities through Healthcare Preparedness and Response Capabilities (2017-2022): ▪ Cap 1: Foundation for healthcare and medical readiness ▪ Cap 2: Healthcare and medical response coordination ▪ Cap 3: Continuity of Healthcare Service Delivery ▪ Cap 4: Medical Surge

HCC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

▪ HCCs serve as multiagency coordination groups that support and integrate with ESF-8 ▪ Collaborate on healthcare emergency response and recovery planning, training, and exercising. ▪ Response actions include: ▪ Information sharing ▪ Resource coordination and

management ▪ Healthcare Coalitions have a diverse composition: ▪ Hospitals* ▪ Public health* ▪ EMS* ▪ Emergency management* ▪ Behavioral health ▪ Non-governmental organizations (e.g., American Red Cross) ▪ Outpatient providers (e.g., ambulatory surgical care centers, FQHCs) ▪ Skilled nursing and long-term care ▪ Support service providers (e.g., blood banks, medical examiners)

TENNESSEE HEALTHCARE COALITIONS

▪ Tennessee Healthcare Coalitions collaborate to address challenges and work towards solutions that improve the health and prosperity of our communities. ▪ Aligned with the eight EMS Regions. ▪ Contact information for each TN HCC is located here: www.tn.gov/health/article/healthcare- coalitions

Mid South WATCH 7 TN Highland Rim South Central Upper Cumberland Southeast/Hamilton Knox/East Northeast/Sullivan

KNOX/EAST TN HEALTHCARE COALITION (KET HC)

▪ Serves Knox and the 15 surrounding counties ▪ Over 1 million residents

▪ Participating organizations ▪ 20 acute care hospitals ▪ EMS ▪ Regional Medical Communications Center ▪ Local and State Public Health ▪ Local and State Emergency Management ▪ Regional Blood Bank ▪ Behavioral Health ▪ Homeland Security ▪ American Red Cross ▪ Regional Forensic Center

PLANNING APPROACH

KET HC PLANNING APPROACH

▪ Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) ▪ Member organizations complete internal HVA ▪ Coalition HVA developed utilizing member’s HVAs ▪ Gap Analysis ▪ Completed utilizing Survey Monkey ▪ Members asked to identify resource, planning, response gaps ▪ Mitigation ▪ Comprehensive approach to mitigating identified concerns through the region ▪ Include supplies, training, exercising Mitigation Gap Analysis HVA

PAUSE FOR REVIEW OF CMS RULES

WHEN YOU READ THE NEW CMS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RULE

HOW THE KNOX/EAST TN HEALTHCARE COALITION CAN (AND CANNOT) ASSIST

ASSISTANCE WE CAN PROVIDE

▪ Networking ▪ Training and Templates ▪ Exercising ▪ Real World Emergency

NETWORKING

▪ Provide opportunities to share ideas, best practices, plans, templates, lessons learned. ▪ Use Pre-existing Regional Groups ▪ Send reps to KET HC meeting ▪ KET HC reps can attend your meetings ▪ No pre-existing network? We can support you if you are willing to drive it.

TRAINING/TEMPLATES

▪ Trainings ▪ National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) ▪ Coalition sponsored region- wide emergency and/or surge-related trainings ▪ Templates and Documents: ▪ ASPR TRACIE: Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) at https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/ ▪ KET HC Website at http://ketcoalition.org ▪ Training and Event Calendar ▪ Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA)

EXERCISE SUPPORT

▪ KET HC Annual Full Scale Exercise ▪ Planning team from a variety of organizations ▪ Plans and templates provided ▪ Future years will attempt to incorporate LTC objectives ▪ THIS YEAR ▪ Spring/Early Summer 2017 KET HC will host a Workshop for LTC partners focusing on exercise planning. ▪ Attendees will leave the Workshop with a template for a Tabletop Exercise to be performed internally at your organization. ▪ Fall 2017 KET HC will facilitate a Full Scale Exercise focusing on LTC needs. ▪ NEED YOUR HELP AND INPUT!

REAL EVENT SUPPORT

▪ Situation Reports and Needs Assessments at request of Tennessee Department of Health and/or Knox County Health Department ▪ Facility Status ▪ Identified Needs ▪ Information Sharing ▪ Regional Medical Communications Center Information Hub: ▪ 865-305-8500 ▪ Regional Hospital Coordinators may be able to provide scene related situation reports. ▪ Resource Identification/Allocation ▪ Generators ▪ Ambus Activation ▪ Gatlinburg Wildfire Example

WHAT WE CAN CANNOT PROVIDE

▪ Individualized Plans ▪ Formulate agreements or Memorandums of Understandings (MOU) with receiving facilities and/or vendors ▪ Funding to support meeting new CMS requirements ▪ Individual organizational training and/or exercises ▪ Regulatory compliance support ▪ Expertise on your requirements, needs, hazards, gaps, etc.

CONTACT INFORMATION

▪ Wanda Roberts, CHEP Regional Hospital Coordinator East Tennessee Regional Health Office (865) 549-5294 Etrhc.health@tn.gov ▪ Charity Menefee, CHEP Regional Hospital Coordinator Knox County Health Department (865) 215-5098 Charity.Menefee@knoxcounty.

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