After the Funding: Why Hospital Emergency Preparedness Continues to Fall Short
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1 After the Funding: Why Hospital Emergency Preparedness Continues to Fall Short Tracy Buchman, DHA Safety Director University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Madison, WI THIRD NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUMMIT Renaissance Washington DC Hotel Washington, DC March 5, 2009
2 National Preparedness Efforts National Emergency Preparedness Community 32 federal agencies & departments Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) DHS and DHHS agencies FEMA CDC Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
3 National Preparedness Efforts The Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Formerly the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness Serve as the Secretary s advisory staff on bioterrorism & public health emergencies Coordinate interagency activities between DHHS and other federal departments
4 Responsibility All of these federal agencies have the primary responsibility to support preparedness efforts throughout the nation, and the state and local health departments are accountable to identify and to prepare their communities to respond to an incident Leaders of both the CDC and the HRSA provide guidance containing benchmarks to facilitate cooperation and competencies to their grantees.
5 Federal Preparedness Funding In 1995, Presidential Decision Directive 39 prompted federal agencies to prepare for terrorist attacks involving weapons of mass destruction Federal spending related to bioterrorism preparedness prior to 1996 was nonexistent Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program (DPP) of 1996 Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 Required development of domestic preparedness programs The objective was to enhance the capabilities of emergency response agencies
6 Metropolitan Medical Response System In 1996, Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) shaped assistance for highly populated areas developing plans, conducting training and exercises, and acquiring pharmaceuticals and personal protective equipment Funding for first responders
7 Metropolitan Medical Response System Funding was not directly inclusive of health-care organizations Because hospitals are not emergency response agencies MMRS and DPP initiatives failed to integrate hospitals into the plan Funds went only to state and local responders Not for public health
8 CDC Initiatives Funded state bioterrorism preparedness efforts since 1999 Several CDC initiatives: State and Local Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Cooperative Agreement Program National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Health Alert Network Laboratory Response Network Bioterrorism Core Capacity Project Cooperative Agreements 50 states plus the District of Columbia, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and the territories.
9 Public Health Acts Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act of 2000 allocated nearly $300 million Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program (NBHPP) Priority areas: (a) administration, (b) surge capacity, (c) emergency medical services, (d) linkages to public health departments, (e) education and preparedness training, and (f) terrorism preparedness exercises
10 Pandemic & All-Hazards Preparedness Act In December 2006, Pandemic & All-Hazards Preparedness Act The Secretary of DHHS became the lead federal official responsible for public health and medical response to emergencies Unifies DHHS preparedness & response programs National Disaster Medical System moved from the DHS to DHHS Goal: To clarify responsibilities and lines of authority Improve the public health and hospital preparedness programs by amending the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
11 Systems Theory Emerged in the academic arena in the 1940s out of World War II operations research Emphasis on system dynamics and a feedback loop Accounts for systems of influence individual social environmental or societal contexts Health-care organizations are part of the environment of social systems and operate in a resource-dependent environment
12 Academic Medical Centers Hospitals are subsystems within the larger social, political, economic, and technical system Academic medical centers (AMC) consist of three related enterprises: Medical school Research activities A system for delivering health-care services that might include one or more hospitals, satellite clinics, and a physician office practice Consist of many interacting stakeholders who have intricate processes and multilevel collaboration at the federal, state, and local levels, often representing different and competing interests
13 Public Health Preparedness Complex system requiring multilevel collaboration with federal, state, and local entities Entities consist of First responders Physicians and nurses, Emergency management, Hospital administrators, Public health administrators, and Federal agencies The federal government s multifaceted approach to restructuring and continued financial support reflects efforts to manage the increasing level of public health EP in a systems-oriented way
14 Systems Approach To maintain effectiveness, the systems approach requires agents, who often have diverse and dynamic networks of monetary flows to adapt to actions of others and to a changing environment Bureaucracy, jurisdictional conflicts among organizations, and factors in the academic environment might limit the adoption or use of the systems approach consequently producing a negative ripple effect throughout the system.
15 Systems Approach continued The ongoing correlation involving elements or subsystems of the system and the modifications that transpire over time because of these ongoing relations may be useful in uncovering the influences internal and external systems have on the overall ability to implement EP system-level strategies and achieve system-level goals The systems approach facilitates the observation of health-care organizations in macro terms to detect problems and therefore offers a comprehensive organization approach to evaluating system-level EP
16 Resource Dependence Theory The resource dependence theory is one of several organizational theories used to describe organizational behavior The aptitude to acquire and sustain resources predicts organizational survival Organizations must acquire external resources as an essential tenet of their strategic and tactical management, and therefore organizations will respond to demands made by the external environment or they will try to minimize the dependence
17 Health-care Strategies Limit resource dependence Incorporate creative strategies to manage the numerous competitive pressures that affect how hospitals allocate scarce resources Allocate resources to programs demanded by external customers and stakeholders providing the resources Many organizations trade their autonomy by collaborating to share critical resources
18 Test & Recognition Investigate if the use of the theory can accurately predict the preparedness levels in health-care organizations Recognition of the environmental pressures for resources resulted in making federal preparedness funding sources available to health-care organizations after fulfilling particular deliverables.
19 Historical Healthcare Emergency Response Challenges 1984 deliberate contamination of restaurant salad bars with Salmonella typhimurium by the Rajneeshee religious cult in Oregon 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City The response to the events displayed the health-care challenges and complications that arise during disasters. Members of the medical community recognize its disturbing lack of preparedness and experience in caring for victims of mass casualty incidents
20 Inadequate Level of Preparedness Multiple streams of preparedness funds Lack of strategic direction on how to manage funds judiciously foster duplication of efforts As preparedness progress begins, funding to states to maintain and improve preparedness is declining Hospital leaders continue to invest significant amounts of resources annually to develop and test disaster response plans, train staff, maintain and replace disaster response equipment and supplies, and enhance communication and surveillance capabilities Still an inadequate level of preparedness remains
21 Influence on Hospital Emergency Preparedness Since 2003, members of the TFAH panel have issued annually the Ready or Not? report to examine progress to improving response to health threats and to identify vulnerabilities In 2007, variations in preparedness levels among states Variations in preparedness levels among states signified that geographic location might still determine a person s level of protection from vulnerabilities
22 Internal & External Factors Significantly affect the ability to adequately prepare and sustain for intentional acts of terror and naturally occurring crises Funding, collaboration, communication, leadership, resources, and training and education A mounting number of expensive, unfunded, or underfunded regulatory mandates are counterincentives to hospital preparedness Existing disaster assistance systems severely limit reimbursement for hospital financial losses experienced in response to a disaster The ability to generate adequate funds to support the preparedness role is increasingly difficult to achieve
23 Internal & External Factors Explicit funding is not available to support the hospital standby role. Hospitals must incorporate preparedness into the overall cost structure of the hospital and support the preparedness with revenues received from patient care Hospital just-in-time method of procuring
24 Scientific Studies Few scientific studies related to public health preparedness. Information obtained from first responders, after-action reports, lessons-learned commentaries, and comparative case analyses comprise the evidence base for improving preparedness. A lack of research exists to identify the hospital-level factors that influence the ability of hospitals to achieve system-level preparedness goals. The current study involved an attempt to uncover these factors through obtaining the opinions of hospital-level EP experts.
25 Problem Statement With the current state of hospital underpreparedness and the predicted demand for medical care in future disaster situations, efficient and appropriate medical care will remain a challenge until the members of society develop solutions for increasing the level of hospital preparedness
26 Research Questions 1. What internal and external factors influence the ability of emergency preparedness experts in academic medical centers to implement system-level strategies and achieve system-level goals? 2. What geographical factors influence the ability of emergency preparedness experts in academic medical centers to implement system-level strategies and achieve system-level goals?
27 Significance of Study To gain insight into practical and effective approaches to advance the public health system s preparedness for disasters. Provide needed quantitative guidance that will provide political leaders with an understanding of hospital-level EP perceptions Emergency Preparedness experts had an opportunity to express their own visions & perceptions regarding internal & external factors affecting why their hospital has been unable to meet the basic preparedness requirements after receiving preparedness funding
28 Q-methodology Combines the in-depth subjectivity of qualitative approaches with factor analysis to obtain a richer understanding of choice, motivations, values, and subjectivity combining both aspects in a true mixedmethod format Strength in revealing the dominant patterns and clusters of opinions that surface within a group
29 Concourse Theoretical Design Items df Factors and levels External Communications 3 2 Funding Sustainability Internal Leadership 3 2 Resources Training & Education Frequency Distribution for the Q-Sample Statement number Interactions 1, 2, 3, 4 (4) ad = Communications x Leadership 5, 6, 7, 8 (4) ae = Communications x Resources 9, 10, 11, 12 (4) af = Communications x Training & Education 13, 14, 15, 16 (4) bd = Funding x Leadership 17, 18, 19, 20 (4) be = Funding x Resources 21, 22, 23, 24 (4) bf = Funding x Training & Education 25, 26, 27, 28 (4) cd = Sustainability x Leadership 29, 30, 31, 32 (4) ce = Sustainability x Resources 33, 34, 35, 36 (4) cf = Sustainability x Training & Education
30 Person Sample Hospital Name City State Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Chicago Chicago IL Rush University Medical Center - Chicago Chicago IL Univ of Chicago Medical Center Chicago IL Univ of IL Med Ctr at Chicago Chicago IL Loyola Univ Medical Center - Chicago Maywood IL Clarian Health Partners - Indianapolis Indianapolis IN Wishard Health Services - Indianapolis Indianapolis IN Univ of Michigan Hospitals Ann Arbor MI Sinai-Grace Hospital - Detroit Detroit MI Univ of Minnesota Medical Ctr Minneapolis MN Saint Marys Hospital - Rochester Rochester MN University Hospital - Cincinnati Cincinnati OH MetroHealth Medical Center - Cleveland Cleveland OH University Hospitals Case Ctr - Cleveland Cleveland OH Ohio State Univ Medical Center Columbus OH University of Toledo Med Ctr Toledo OH Univ of WI Hospital & Clinics Madison WI Froedtert Mem Lutheran Hosp - Milwaukee Milwaukee WI
31 Demographic Data Total Informed consents Q-sorts Return rate Participant state invites sent returned returned (%) Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Indiana Ohio Overall return rate 78
32 Matrix of Q-Sorting Procedure Least Challenging Neutral Most Challenging Ranks # Items Participants rank-order each statement of opinion on the range of most challenge factor (1) to least challenge factor (36) that influences the ability of the hospital to achieve system-level preparedness goals into a quasi-normal distribution.
33 Data Analysis Use of the PQ Method 2.11 computer program Three types of statistical analysis were performed on the completed Q-sort: correlation, factor analysis, and factor scores
34 Results External sustainability, external funding, and internal resources were the most challenging factors for all geographical areas included in the study, with the exception of Illinois. The results affirmed that an adequate level of preparedness hinges on the ability to procure critical resources from the external environment consistent with the resource dependence and systems theories.
35 Results continued Variations in preparedness levels among the states signify that geographic location still determines how well one is protected from vulnerabilities External funding may not be a significant challenge for EP experts who reside in Illinois because Chicago receives additional CDC and NBHPP funds in addition to funds allocated to the state of Illinois
36 Results continued Statistically distinguishing statements indicated A growing number of costly, unfunded, or underfunded regulatory mandates act as counterincentives to hospital preparedness Hospitals use a just-in-time method of procuring and adequate preparedness requires sustained, directed funding sources with controls that promote true hospital preparedness
37 Results continued Statistically distinguishing statements indicated The fact that federal preparedness funds are allocated annually and come from numerous sources and with various requirements also complicated sustainability and funding concerns, making it difficult for hospital EP experts to pursue a comprehensive strategy. The current level of financial commitment toward preparedness allocated by the Congress has only allowed the setup of infrastructure but is insufficient to support the successful development of comprehensive, sustainable preparedness programs.
38 Recommendations A quantitative understanding emerged in the current research in the form of distinguishing statements specific to each factor regarding the exact hospital-level preparedness challenges that require further evaluation and modification to advance the public health system s preparedness for disasters.
39 Recommendations - Challenges Hospital-level EP experts know and recognize their specific preparedness limitations and must be considered key stakeholders in future policy and funding initiatives. Understanding better the preparedness challenges by state allows the hospital EP community, hospital administrators, and government leaders the opportunity to evaluate challenging strategies and validate and reinforce success strategies found in other states to create a preparedness program that is more effective overall.
40 Recommendations - Systems Health-care organizations are part of the environment of social systems. The widespread concern about resource dependence, sustainability of preparedness investments, and the lack of overall EP is a problem that needs processing as a part of the overall national preparedness system
41 Recommendations - Funding A multiyear funding process inclusive of health-care organizations as emergency responders needs evaluating to replace the annual allocation of preparedness funds to first responders and health-care organizations as separate components of the overall preparedness plan. Funding changes should reflect the individuality of each state or region and the particular challenges and risks associated with the geographic location and population of each state. Evaluating individual state challenges and risks
42 Recommendations- EP Experts & Health-care Leaders Emergency preparedness experts and health-care leaders should take a proactive approach and champion significant reforms to existing preparedness funding processes before another crisis or event occurs. Health-care leaders should maintain a strategy to limit resource dependence by incorporating creative approaches to manage the numerous competitive pressures that affect how hospitals allocate scarce resources
43 Questions? Tracy Buchman, DHA Safety Director University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Madison, WI
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