AHA

To improve your disaster preparedness planning activities, hear lessons learned from a community hospital’s experience with an unexpected weather-related disaster. 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 necessary care.

Hear how Riverview Hospital participated with its regional hospital preparedness coalition, Indiana District 5, in anticipation of severe weather disasters. The perspectives of both the hospital and the coalition are shared, demonstrating how readiness activities improve through mutual collaboration and the critical use of technology.

You Will Learn:

• How Riverview Hospital used an unanticipated severe weather incident to refine its disaster readiness plan
• What worked and what didn’t
• How coordination with a regional hospital collation 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