Planning for an Influenza Pandemic in the Home Health Care Sector

Planning for an Influenza Pandemic in the Home Health Care Sector

AHRQ Public Health Emergency Preparedness Web Conference
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 1:00 pm ET

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, 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 free event will feature a 90 minute 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:
Home Health Care During an Influenza Pandemic: Issues and Resources (http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/healthcare/homehealthcare.pdf)

Mass Casualty Events Models and Tools To Support Planning and Response for Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness (project update)
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

To register, please visit:
https://ahrq-kt.webex.com/ahrq-kt/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=750707782

To learn more about the event and speakers: http://www.academyhealth.org/knowledgetransfer/EPWebcasts.htm

For more information, please e-mail: emergencypreparedness@academyhealth.org

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:

Lessons from the Field of Emergency Preparedness (http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/fieldemprep/): November 6, 2008

Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Practicing for a Disaster (http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/planningprep/): February 9, 2009

Planning and Preparedness for Children’s Needs in Public Health Emergencies (http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/childneeds/): May 12, 2009