This has been a different flu season. Responses to pH1N1 have varied across the province. What worked, what didn't?  What were the challenges and how were they overcome?  On Thursday, February 25, 2010 join your fellow colleagues and healthcare professionals as they share their experiences, successes, and challenges.  Some topics that will be covered at this conference are:
 
• Hospital experiences
• Communication and Messaging
• Understanding the roles and responsibilites of Government and Public Health Organizations
• Pandemic Plans vs. Implementation
• pH1N1: Where we’ve been and where we’re going
 
The program will be chaired by Maureen Cividino, Physician, Occupational Health, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

0830h Registration and Continental Breakfast

0900h Welcoming remarks and conference overview

Chair:   Maureen Cividino
Physician, Occupational Health
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

0905h Bluewater Health: A Hospital Experience



• The Pandemic Plan - building the details (what   needs to be done, how, and by who)
•  Activating our Pandemic Cohort Unit
• Tracking the Data
• A strong partnership with Public Health
•  What we learned
 

Lisa O’Connor
Director, Patient Safety Services
Bluewater Health

 

Helen Shaw
Infection Control Coordinator
Bluewater Health
 

0930h Communication & Messaging

• Internally in your organization
• Externally
• How to deal with misinformation

Brady Wood
Acting Manager, Public Relations
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Kevin Finnerty
Executive Director
Communications and Information Branch
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Gene Long
Senior Policy Advisor
Office of the Medical Officer of Health
Toronto Public Health


1015h Networking Refreshment Break

1030h Roles & Responsibilities

• What does each organization see as their role?
• What directives do healthcare facilities follow?

Phil Graham
Co-Director, Operations
Emergency Management Branch
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
 

Brian Schwartz
Director, Emergency Management Support
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion

Dr. Barbara Yaffe
Director, Communicable Disease Control-Associate
Medical Officer of Health
Toronto Public Health

Janine Hopkins
Senior Director, Community Engagement and Corporate Affairs
Toronto Central LHIN

Grace Volkening
Network Coordinator
Central Region Infection Control Network

 

1200h Networking Lunch

1300h Legal Issues

• Sick staff, refusal to work, mandatory vaccinations, pregnant workers, prophylaxis
• Immunization and sharing of information

Graham Walsh
Associate
Growling Lafleur Henderson LLP 

1330h Networking Refreshment Break

1345h Creating a Coordinated Local Health Care System for a Pandemic

 
•    How multiple health stakeholders planned together
 

Mary-Lou James
Director Quality, Risk and Patient Relatins
Markham Stouffville Hospital

Joyce Mikail
Health Emergency Planning Coordinator
York Region Public Health
 

Cathy Doyle
Senior Manager, Client Services
Central Community Care Access Centre 

1445h pH1N1
 

• What can be expected if there’s a third wave?
• What may happen with a possible future    pandemic?
• Where we have been and where we are going? 
 

Dr. Michael Gardam
Director, Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Director of Infection Prevention and Control
University Health Network
 

1530h Chair’s Closing Remarks
 

Adjournment for the day