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The HHS has conducted a series of webcasts on pandemic issues over the past six months, with 5 broadcasts to date. Early last month they did an installment on the challenges home health care workers will face during a pandemic.
The archive of that webcast is now available to be viewed online.
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Webcast Series: July 8, 2008
Archive of July 8, 2008 Web-based discussion to help home health care agencies prepare for an influenza pandemic. Event includes question-and-answer session.
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- Key topics:
- Assumptions that need to be considered when assigning a care-giving role to home care agencies during a pandemic
- Operational, ethical and legal challenges pandemic planners will face
- Strategies home health care agencies can employ to overcome these challenges
- Speakers
- Alexis Silver, Senior Director, Policy and Development, Home Care Association of New York State
- Geraldine A. Coyle, Deputy Chief Consultant, Administration and Logistics, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- James G. Hodge, Jr., Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Outline for the Webcast: HTML | PPT
- Resource for the Webcast: Home Health Care During an Influenza Pandemic: Issues and Resources
Previous Webcasts
Earlier Webcasts, on the State planning and assessment process, aired on March 13, April 2 and April 30, 2008.
A Webcast on preparing the workplace aired on June 4, 2008.
The pandemic influenza PlanFirst Webcasts are brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In early July I wrote a 3-part series on the release of the companion document to this webcast: Home Health Care During an Influenza Pandemic: Issues and Resources.
