Press Release: Seventh National Emergency Management Summit Features Continuity of Patient Data Lesson from Moore, OK
  • The Leading Forum on Medical Preparedness and Response to Disasters, Epidemics and Terrorism
  • October 8 - 9, 2013
  • Tropicana Casino and Resort
  • Atlantic City, NJ
  • www.EmergencyManagementSummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-503-7841
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.EmergencyManagementSummit.com
FEATURING CONTINUITY OF PATIENT DATA LESSON FROM MOORE, OK

John Meharg
Director of Health Information Technology, Norman Regional Health System, Norman, OK

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WASHINGTON DC USA -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- JUNE 4, 2013: The National Emergency Management Summit, www.EmergencyManagementSummit.com, to be held October 8 - 9, 2013 at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, today announced that it will feature a presentation on how patient medical records and physician practice access to data continued seamlessly after the devastating tornado hit Moore Medical Center and physician offices in Moore, OK because the Normal Regional Health System had invested in secure IT systems. The Summit will again be available both in person and streamed live over the Internet with a six-month archive. Partial and full Tuition Scholarships are available for qualifying representatives of local, state and federal government, consumer organizations, safety net providers, academics, students, and health services research organizations.

SUMMIT CO CHAIRS

Connie J. Boatright, MSN, RN; COL, USAR (ret.)
Emergency Management Consultant, MESH Coalition, Indianapolis, IN (Preconference Co Chair)

Dee Grimm RN, JD
National Director of Mitigation and Preparedness Services, BCFS Health and Human Services, Emergency Management Division, San Antonio, TX (Preconference Co Chair)

John L. Hick, MD
Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

Jennifer Olsen, PhD
Manager - Pandemics, Skoll Global Threats Fund; Former Fusion Division Director, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (Preconference Chair)

Kevin Yeskey, MD
Senior Advisor for Emergency Public Health, MDB, Inc.; Former Director, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The Honorable Chris Christie (Invited)
Governor of New Jersey, Former United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ

Robert Kadlec, MD, MTM&H, MA
Managing Director, RPK Consulting, LLC; Co-Chair, Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events; Former Biodefense Special Assistant to President George W. Bush, Washington, DC

Robin A. Robinson, PhD
Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

MINI SUMMIT CHAIRS

Sara Estes Cohen, MPP, ABCP
Social Media Strategy, G&H International, Washington, DC

Kathleen Lucey, FBCI
President, Montague Risk Management, Member, Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Global Membership Council and Founding President, BCI-USA Chapter, Locust Valley, NY

George Luber, PhD
Associate Director for Climate Change in the Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, Chamblee, GA

FEATURED FACULTY

Debra J. Bell
State Planner, New Jersey EMS Task Force; Emergency Management Coordinator, Buena Vista Township Emergency Management, Richland, NJ

Paul D. Biddinger, MD, FACEP
Chief, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Medical Director, Emergency Department Operations, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Michael J. Botts
EMS Supervisor, Brick Township Police Department, Emergency Medical Services, Brick, NJ

John J. Burke
Associate Director/Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine Healthcare Emergency Management, Boston, MA

Zachary Corrigan
Executive Director, Northern Virginia Hospital Alliance, Fairfax, VA

Keith Dowler, MA, CEM
Assistant Director at Near Southwest Preparedness Alliance, Roanoke, VA

Nathaniel Ellis
Co-Founder and Director of Solutions Delivery, Veoci, New Haven, CT

Michael Heumann
Principal, HeumannHealth Consulting, LLC, Portland, OR

Charles Jarmon
Senior Administrative Director, PAANS- North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, NY

Dr. Daniel P. Johnson, PhD
Chair of the IUPUI Department of Geography, Director of the Institute for Research on Social Issues, Indiana University -- Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN

Jay Lemery, MD, FACEP, FAWM
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine, President, Wilderness Medical Society, Denver, CO

Lee W. McKnight, PhD
Kauffman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Associate Professor in the iSchool (The School of Information Studies), Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

John Meharg
Director of Health Information Technology, Norman Regional Health System, Norman, OK

Steven J. Pawlak
Coordinator - Training & Exercise, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Office of Emergency Management, New York, NY

Chad Priest, RN, MSN, JD
Chief Executive Officer, MESH Coalition/NHCRC, Indianapolis, IN

Jennifer Robitaille
President, DOCK24, Inc., Ottawa, Canada

Jeff Schilling
Director, Incident Response, Dell SecureWorks, Atlanta, GA

Lewis Soloff, MD
Senior Medical Coordinator, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY

Carl C Svitko
inVue Innovations, LLC, Connellsville, PA

Christine Thompson
President and Co-Founder of Humanity Road, Member, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Virtual Social Media Working Group, Boydton, VA

J. David Weidner, MPH, REHS, MEP, CEM
Director of Emergency Preparedness, Health Care Association of New Jersey, Hamilton, NJ

W. James Williams
Manager, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Walgreen Co., Deerfield, IL

MINI SUMMITS AT THE 2013 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUMMIT

In addition to plenary session discussions and poster board presentations on a wide variety of emergency management subjects, the 2013 Emergency Management Summit will feature four thematic "Mini Summits" on the second afternoon and encourages proposals from providers, government agencies, solutions companies, and academics in these areas:

  • Volunteer Medical Team Issues
  • Climate Change and Environmental Health
  • Ensuring Continuity of Business Operations
  • Innovative Uses of Social Media


2013 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUMMIT ADVISORY BOARD
John Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC

Donna F. Barbisch, DHA, MPH
Major General, US Army (Ret.); Distinguished Fellow, George Mason University Center for Infrastructure Protection & Homeland Security; President, Global Deterrence Alternatives, Washington, DC

Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
Immediate Past President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM); Vice President for Humanitarian Affairs, University of Wisconsin; Editor-in-Chief, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Madison, WI

Connie J. Boatright, MSN, RN; COL, USAR (ret.)
Emergency Management Consultant, MESH Coalition, Indianapolis, IN

Steve Cantrill, MD, FACEP
Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO

John J. Burke, MS EMT-I
Associate Director/Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine, Healthcare Emergency Management Program, Boston, MA

George W. Contreras, MPH, MS, CEM, EMT-P
Adjunct Professor, MPA Program in Emergency and Disaster Management, Metropolitan College of New York; Director and Associate Professor, Allied Health Sciences Department, Kingsborough Community College; Founder and President, The GWC Group, LLC, New York, NY

John L. Hick, MD
Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

James L. Paturas, CEM, EMT-P, CBCP, FACCP
Deputy Director, Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response, New Haven, CT
Kevin Yeskey, MD
Senior Advisor for Emergency Public Health, MDB, Inc.; Former Director, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

SEVENTH NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUMMIT
October 8 - 9, 2013


ONSITE
Tropicana Casino and Resort
Atlantic City, NJ


OR
WEBCAST PARTICIPATION
In your own office or home live via the Internet with 24/7 access for six months


ATTENDANCE OPTIONS
TRADITIONAL CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
By attending onsite, you will be able to more completely immerse in the subject matter, get professional networking opportunities, and interact with the faculty. Register for Preconference and/or Conference.

LIVE AND ARCHIVED WEBCAST ATTENDANCE
Watch the conference plenary session in live streaming video and listen to streaming audio of track sessions over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for the six months following the event.

The archived conference includes speaker videos and coordinated PowerPoint presentations.

Pros: Live digital feed and 24/7 Internet access for next six months; Accessible in office, at home or anywhere worldwide with Internet access; Avoid travel expense and hassle; No time away from the office

WEBCAST INTERFACE SAMPLE

Click here for a sample stream




TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS
The Emergency Management Summit can offer partial and full Tuition Scholarships to qualifying representatives of local, state and federal government, consumer organizations, safety net providers, academics, students, and health services research organizations.
Click here for more information.

IAEM CEM®/AEM℠ PREP COURSE AND EXAM
IAEM is offering a preparatory course and exam for the Certified Emergency Manager(CEM®) and Associate Emergency Manager(AEM℠) designation on October 7 before the Emergency Management Summit begins.
Click here for more details.

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SUMMIT REGISTRATION

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SUMMIT EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

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