The document outlines best practices for emergency preparedness related to COVID-19 in community health centers, focusing on leadership, staff support, and communication strategies. It emphasizes the importance of reviewing and operationalizing established emergency plans while addressing challenges and ensuring adequate support for teams. Additionally, it highlights the need for effective communication regarding supplies, safety protocols, and ongoing guidance from health authorities.

1. COVID-19
FQHC’s Emergency Preparedness
Planning
Community Health Center, Inc.
Sharing Our Best Practices

2.  Veena Channamsetty, MD, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer – CHC, Inc.
 Mary Blankson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Chief Nursing Officer – CHC, Inc.
 Natalie Bycenski, MSN, RN
Nurse Manager, Chair of Infection Control – CHC, Inc.
Faculty Presenters

3.  Review Established Plan
 Leadership
 Staff
 Communication
 Other Considerations
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Emergency Preparedness Planning

4.  Readiness assessment & risk assessment
 Annual flu
 Other emergencies
 COVID-19
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Review Established Emergency Preparedness Plan

5.  Understand the evidence and guidelines to address
challenges
 Operationalize guidelines to each practice
 Acknowledge how challenges are similar across sites and
areas
 Support your teams
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The Role of Leadership

6.  Personal protective equipment
 Choreography
 Functional drills
 Remote working policies
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Supporting Staff

7.  Communicate often and to everyone
 Identify point person who regularly
reviews updated CDC guidance
 Proactively reserve time to communicate
ongoing guidance
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Communication Strategies

8.  Ordering supplies
 Cleaning and disinfecting
 Technology
 Other disciplines
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Other Considerations

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COVID-19’s Global Spread: NIH’s Lead
on Coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Talks
about the Growing Epidemic and
Whether America is Safe
What You Need to Know About
COVID-19 with Dr. Saad Omer of
the Yale Institute for Global Health
Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times
correspondent and Executive Producer of
the Netflix documentary “Pandemic: How
to Prevent an Outbreak,” Dr. Sheri Fink

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