2009 National Healthcare Preparedness Evaluation and Improvement Conference:  Progress, Promising Practices, Lessons Learned

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Registration and Poster Setup

8:00 am to 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am to 9:30 am

Opening Session:

Introduction to Keynote Speaker: RADM Ann Knebel

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nicole Lurie

9:30 am to 10:00 am

The Value of Evaluating Healthcare Systems Preparedness: Dr. Kevin Yeskey

10:00 am to 10:40 am

HPP: Assessment and the Vision for the Future

National Healthcare Preparedness Program (NHPP):  CAPT Clare Helminiak

10:40 am to 10:50 am

Break      

10:50 am to 11:30pm

Progress of Healthcare Preparedness Evaluation

Program Evaluation Section (PES):   Torrance Brown, PES

11:30 am to 12:00 pm

Healthcare Preparedness Descriptive Framework:  Dr. Eric Toner, UPMC

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Working Lunch / Awards:   Moderator: Dr. Gregg Pane

Presentation: UPMC Evaluation Report:  Dr. Richard Waldhorn, UPMC

1:30 pm to 1:45 pm

 Break

1:45 pm to 3:00 pm

Breakout Roundtables: Definition & Standardization of Healthcare Preparedness

3:00 pm to 3:15 pm

Day 1 Session Wrap Up and Adjournment

3:15 pm to 4:15 pm

Regional Coordination Meeting:  HPP Project Officers/ PES

4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

Late Breaker Session: h2N1:  ASPR Leadership

8:30 am to 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am to 9:30 am

How Are We Measuring Performance? CAPT Christine Benally, PES

9:30 am to 10:00 am

Improving Measures of Performance Dr. Craig Thomas, CDC

10:00 am to 10:30 am

Measuring Performance from the Ground Up Dr. Richard Niska, NCHS

10:30 am to 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am to 11:15 am

Enhancing Capability Assessment  Peter Brewster, VA

11:15 am to 12:00pm

Panel: Assessing Partnerships

Moderator: CDR Sumner Bossler

Dr. Thomas Terndrup, Pennsylvania   & Cynthia Dold, Seattle King County

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Working Lunch/ Awards: Moderator: R. Scott Dugas

Skill Building: Introduction to Logic  Modeling: Dr. Allison Hyra, Lewin Group

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Breakout Roundtables-Gaps & Overlaps in Level 1and 2 Capabilities 

3:30 pm to 3:45 pm

Break

3:45 pm to 4:45 pm

Panel: Measuring Success Through Exercises/AAR       

Moderator: Sandra Cosgrove

Dr. Naya McMillan, ECCC   & Dr. Christa-Marie Singleton, CDC

4:45 pm to 5:00 pm

Day 2 Wrap Up and Adjournment

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Poster Session- Promising Practices

8:30 am to 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am to 9:30am

Field Tested: Assessment from Real Life Events: CAPT Melissa Sanders

9:30 am to 10:10 am

Panel: Data- What is it Good For?                                        

Moderator:  Cliffon Smith  

Cynthia Bascetta, Gov’t Accountability Office  &  Serena Vinter, Trust for America’s Health   

10:10 am to 10:20 am

Break

10:20 am to 10:50 am

State Profiles:  Jeffrey Geppert, Batelle

10:50 am to 12:00 pm

Breakout Sessions: Preparedness Outcomes (10 Abstracts)  

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Working Lunch: Moderator: Peggy Sparr

Presentation: Markers of Success:  CAPT Deborah Levy

1:30 pm to 2:45 pm

Panel: Measurement & Modeling:                                   

Moderator: CAPT Christine Benally      

Dr. Erin Downey and Dr. Patti Aymond, IEM,  Dr Christian Sandrock, UC Davis  and Tamara Chapman, Stanford                                                          

2:45 pm to 4:15 pm

Breakout Roundtables: Measurements & Metrics- “Measures that Matter Most” 

4:15 pm to 4:30 pm

Break

4:30 pm to 5:25 pm

Reporting Out: Hearing Your Voices on Measurement & Metrics

Challenges and Solutions: “Measures that Matter Most”

5:25 pm to 5:30 pm

Day 3  Wrap Up and Adjournment

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Poster Sessions

8:30 am to 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am to 9:30 am

Evidence Based Decision Making: Program to Policy:  Dr. David Marcozzi

9:30 am to 10:30 am

Panel: Leveraging Resources Through Partnerships:        

Moderator: Dr. Cynthia Hansen

Dr. Sebastian Heath, FEMA   & Susan Larsen, CMS

10:30 am to 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am to 11:15 am

Closing Address:  Dr. Kevin Yeskey

11:15 am to 11:30 am

Adjournment