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Perspectives Podcast: Evolution of Health Care Emergency Preparedness

September 30, 2021

GNYHA’s Perspectives podcast takes a deep dive into hospital issues and operations. Each episode examines the perspectives of health care executives while discussing various topics.

Ep. 7 – Evolution of Health Care Emergency Preparedness

GNYHA’s latest Perspectives podcast takes an expert look at the changes in health care emergency preparedness in the 20 years since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. GNYHA’s Jenna Mandel-Ricci, Senior Vice President, Health Care System Resilience, interviews Dr. Meghan McGinty, Situation Unit Leader & Director, Emergency Planning, Resilience, and Recovery for NYC Health + Hospitals; and Scott Heller, Vice President, System Emergency Management for Albany Medical Center.

This episode of Perspectives explores how the health care industry has adapted to ever-changing emergency events and overlapping and long-term emergency activations. We also discuss  the changing roles of emergency mangers over the last two decades.

 

Download Ep. 7 transcript