Achieving Readiness for Severe Weather Incidents
Insight from Riverview Hospital & Indiana District 5 Coalition

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To improve your disaster preparedness planning activities, hear directly from a community hospital’s real-life experience with an unexpected weather-related disaster and the lessons learned. In the event of a severe weather incident, a hospital can benefit from coordination with local resources to reduce service interruptions and ensure patients continue to receive needed care.

Learn how Riverview Hospital participated with its regional hospital preparedness coalition, Indiana District 5, in anticipation of severe weather disasters. The real-life experiences of both the hospital and the coalition will be shared, demonstrating how readiness activities improve through mutual collaboration and the use of critical technology.

 

You Will Learn:

  • How an unanticipated severe weather incident helped refine Riverview Hospital’s disaster readiness plan
  • What worked and what didn’t from their original plan
  • How coordination with a regional hospital coalition was achieved to support health care needs
  • How public and private health care organizations can best support each other in preparing for community emergencies
  • The role emergency management technology can play in enhancing planning and response capabilities and successful patient care outcomes

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AHA Solutions Signature Learning Series events are exclusively offered to hospital personnel. There is no charge to attend.

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