Hospital Subcommittee
A Subcommittee of the Regional Homeland Security Coordinating Committee
Scope of Work
- Continue to work with MARCER to increase effectiveness of pre-hospital communications and patient tracking.
- Continue support in deploying MEIS, PASS, Web EOC, LEAD-R.
- Collaborate with RHSCC healthcare disciplines to develop a healthcare system (Modular Emergency Medical System) that will enhances surge capacity and help the region to be prepared to handle terrorist events as well as non-terrorist epidemics and other public health emergencies.
- Collaborate with Regional Stakeholders to coordinate effective evacuation planning for Hospitals.
- Provide training and technical assistance to hospitals related to terrorist events and other public health emergencies.
- Assist hospitals to become National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant.
- Support the development of the Kansas City Division of Mo-1 DMAT.
- Review and revise the regional hospital’s Hazard Vulnerability Analysis and the surge capacity inventories.
- Collaborate with other healthcare entities (community health centers; home health agencies, long term care facilities, mental health facilities, and ambulatory surgical centers).
- Design and conduct a functional exercise for the metro and regional health care practitioners utilizing MEDS\POD supporting Mass Prophylaxis.
- Collaborate with the Mental Health subcommittee to enhance networking capacity and training of health care professionals to be able to recognize, treat, and coordinate care related to the behavioral health consequences of bioterrorism or other public health emergencies.
- Oversee the use of HRSA hospital bioterrorism grant funds awarded to the region.
Useful Links
Officers
Co-Chair: Carolyn Wells, Independence Regional Health Center
Co-Chair: Matthew Soule, Children's Mercy Hospital
Staff Contacts
Dan Manley, 816/701-8209
Tanya Kraatz, 816/701-8342
Meeting Information
This committee meets on the third Wednesday of every month. Meetings are generally held in the MARC offices, 600 Broadway, Suite 200, Kansas City, Mo.
All meetings are listed on the emergency services calendar and are open to the public.
Meeting Agendas and Summaries>
Related Links
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency Management Institute, Noble Training Center
Emergency Management Institute Training Schedules for FY2007: <Fall Semester> <Spring Semester>
Emergency Management Institute Application