Upcoming Web Conference
What: AHRQ Public Health Emergency Preparedness Web
Conference.
When: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 1:00 pm
ET.
Who: Emergency preparedness planners and providers, as
well as Federal, State, and local community health and home care
planners.
Cost: Free
Registration: Select to Register.
Overview
During an influenza pandemic, home health care workers can expect to be
called on to provide care for hospital patients who are well enough to be
discharged but who still need care, as well as patients who need home health
care services. On any given day, there are approximately 500,000 patients in
home care—three times the number of patients in hospitals. In a pandemic
influenza outbreak, the existing home health care population combined with new
patients from hospitals is likely to exceed the industry's current capacity to
respond.
To showcase resources that can support emergency preparedness planning within
the home health care sector, particularly in the face of a potential H1N1
pandemic, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will host a Web
conference,
Planning for an Influenza Pandemic in the Home Health Care
Sector, on September 23, 2009. Emergency preparedness planners and
providers, as well as Federal, State, and local community health and home care
planners, are all invited to attend.
This event will feature a panel discussion and insights from home health care
emergency preparedness planners representing different perspectives: health
system, Government, health policy, and industry. During the Web conference,
participants will learn about AHRQ's resources for emergency preparedness
involving home health care, including:
Speakers
- Barbara Citarella, RN, BSN, MS, RBC Limited.
- Geraldine A. Coyle, RN, EdD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Andrea Hassol, MSPH, Abt Associates.
- Alexis Silver, Home Care Association of New York State.
- Representative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Registration
Select to register.
More Information
To learn more about the event and speakers, go to: http://www.academyhealth.org/knowledgetransfer/EPWebcasts.htm.
For more information, please E-mail: emergencypreparedness@academyhealth.org.
Previous Web Conferences
This is the last event in a series of four Web conferences. The AHRQ Web site
features slides, transcripts, and materials from the previous events:
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation:
Planning for an Influenza Pandemic in the Home Health Care
Sector. Upcoming Web Conference. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/flupheweb.htm
