MS ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition
(MEHC)
May, 2014
Tammy Chamblee, RN, MA Homeland Security
MEHC Coordinator
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
Objectives
• Incorporate MEHC communication
policies into the current ESF-8 section
of the CEMP
• Update contact information
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
Boston Marathon Bombing
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
2012
Boston Marathon Bombing
Key Lessons Learned:
•Speed of patient care outpaced information
•Information sharing is paramount
•Timely, accurate, transparent information
2013
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
Building the System of ESF-8
Communication Pathways
During Emergencies
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
MS ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition
(MEHC)
State Level Strategic Communications Chart
Governor
State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC)
State Emergency Response
Team (SERT)
ESF-8 Emergency Coordinating Officer (ECO)
Public Health Command
Center (PHCC)
Healthcare Coalition Task
Force Lead
State Level MEHC
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
MS ESF-8 Healthcare Coalition
(MEHC)
State Level MEHC
Mississippi Hospital
Association (via SMARTT)
Office of Field Services
Office of Communicable
Diseases
VA Hospitals and Clinics
Hospitals
Military Hospitals
MS State Dept. of Health
Office of Health
Policy/Planning
MS Dept. of Corrections
Office of Health Protection
MS Health Care Assn. (MS
HCA)
Long-term Care
Independent Nursing Home
Assn.(INHA)
MS Assn for Assisted Living
Facilities Assn. (ALFA)
Assisted Living Facilities
Office of Health Services
MS State Board of Pharmacy
(BOP)
Pharmacists
MS Pharmacists Assn.
(MPhA)
MS Board of Nursing
MS Assn. for Home Care
(Home Health)
Home Health Agencies
Nurses
MS Nurses Association
MS Board of Medical
Licensure
Dialysis
Network-8
Hospice
La-MS Hospice & Palliative
Care Org. (LMHPCO)
MS Medical Assn
MSDH Licensure
MS Dental Assn
Health Care Facility Gaps
Physicians
Dentists
MS State Board of Dentistry
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
Community Health Centers
MS Primary Health Care
Assn.(MPHCA)
MS Division of Medicaid
MS Dept. of Voc Rehab
MS Dept. of Mental Health
Medicaid Information
Voc
Rehab CLIENTS
MS Dept. of Agriculture and
Commerce/Bureau of Plant
MS Dept. of Environmental
Quality
Sanitation Services
Agricultural Theft &
Consumer
MS Dept. of Human Services
General Population
Sheltering
MS Board of Animal Health
MS Institutions of Higher
Learning
MS Vet Medical Association
MS State Board of
Community and Junior
Colleges
Food Safety
Animal Health Issues
MS Funeral Directors
Association
MS Coroner’s Association
Fatality Management
Mental Health Clinics
Special Medical Need
Sheltering
MS Dept. of Public Safety
Security
MS Military Dept.
Logistical support/
transportation support
Office of the State Medical
Examiner
MS Funeral Directors and
Morticians Association, Inc
Mississippi Mortuary
Response Team (MMRT)
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
MEHC
Response Conference Calls
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
Status Report from Groups
Push/Pull
MS ESF-8 PH/Medical Situational Awareness
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
1st day- no Sit rep
2nd day-IAP; Sit-rep
3rd day- etc………….
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
Cycle of Information
1) Threat of or actual event occurs
2) Email notification to MEHC
3) MEHC invitation to conf call if
event warrants (Planning P)
4) Acceptance of invite is signature of
meeting attendance
5) Conference Call (weather
update/situation update/MEHC
reports)
6) Detail reports from MEHC
membership emailed into MEHC
coord./asst. to capture in minutes.
7) End of shift cycle----meeting
minutes/ESF-8 Situational
Awareness report emailed out to
MEHC partnership.
8) IAP/next day meeting invite sent
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
MEHC
Response
Conference Calls
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
Value Proposition
ELIMINATE:
-Gaps in communication for collaborative ESF-8
partnership
-Multiple models and lists of ESF-8 partners
RAISE:
-Value of information shared in terms of usefulness,
accuracy, timeliness
REDUCE:
-Risk of miscommunication
-Lack of communication
-Inability to contact all ESF-8 partnership
CREATE:
-Timeliness of information
-Transparency of information
-Accuracy of information
-Trust of ESF-8 leadership
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
April 2014 Tornado response
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
GAPS
1) Private partners
2) ???
Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response
“Alone, we can do so little.
Together, we can do so much”
Helen Keller
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Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Emergency Planning and Response