Overview of the Montefiore Emergency Preparedness Coalition Presentation

Overview of the Montefiore Emergency Preparedness Coalition Presentation to the New York City Healthcare Coalition Leadership Council February 18, 2016

Presentation Objectives • • 2 Introduction to network coalitions MEPC background Budget Period 3 activities Budget Period 4 activities Successes Challenges Next steps

Network-System Emergency Preparedness Coalition • Seven in NYC • Purpose: drive all-hazards preparedness activities for its members • Provides opportunities to strengthen capabilities through participation in training, exercises, and other activities 3

Montefiore Emergency Preparedness Coalition (MEPC) • Network-system coalition • Membership – Four NYC-based hospitals – 19 primary care facilities – NYCDOHMH (ex officio) • Mission – Improve healthcare emergency preparedness – Maximize medical surge capacity and capability in the Bronx 4

Mission Statement Goal: promote and enhance emergency preparedness and response capabilities of members through: • Building collaboration, relationships, and partnerships • Facilitating communication, information, and resource sharing • Promoting situational awareness among members • Coordinating and facilitating training, drills, and exercises • Strengthening medical surge capacity and capabilities • Assisting emergency management and ESF 8 partners • Optimizing deployment and utilization of resources 5

MEPC Vision • Progressively expand membership to encompass all of the member entities and faculty practices of the MMC • Work collaboratively on healthcare preparedness and emergency response activities within the Network 6

Target Capabilities • Focus on five core coalition capabilities • The “Big Five” – Planning – Communications – Assessment – Training – Exercises 7

Budget Period 3 Deliverables • • Formalize the MEPC Design and conduct an HVA Develop a MYTEP Integrate non-hospital members into the mass notification system • Develop a Communications Annex • Participate in the BEPC 8

Budget Period 3 Outcomes • Successes – Commitment of MMG – Completed all deliverables • Challenges – Leadership transition – Sustaining commitment and participation among many diverse partners – Establishing and staffing subcommittees 9

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Highest Vulnerabilities 11

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Budget Period 4 Deliverables • Build strategic plan, logic model, and fact sheet • Participate in NYCHCC meetings, conferences and workshops • Develop and conduct an exercise • Develop plan to identify and catalog the emergency preparedness needs of facilities and service areas 13

Budget Period 4 Outcomes • Successes – Work in progress • Challenges – Multiple deliverables across multiple programs • Hospital • Network-system coalition • Borough coalition • Ebola designated treatment center • Pediatric Disaster Coalition 14

Next Steps • Strategic Plan • Functional exercise: biological incident • Plan for determining facility and community needs 15

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For Additional Information. . . Michael J. Moculski Director of EMS and Emergency Management Montefiore Medical Center 176 East 210 th Street, Second Floor Bronx, New York 10467 Tel: (718) 920 -6007 Fax: (718) 920 -7609 mmoculsk@montefiore. org 17

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