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Lessons Learned from Disasters: Insights from Hurricane Katrina and Rita

The American Association of Osteopathic Examiners Summit on January 7, 2006, presented vital lessons learned from the challenges faced during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Dale L. Austin, Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer of the Federation of State Medical Boards, highlighted the devastating impact on healthcare infrastructures, including the loss of medical facilities, displaced physicians, and the critical need for emergency preparedness. Emphasizing a "can-do" attitude, the session addressed the importance of collaboration among medical boards and organizations to enhance responses to future crises.

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Lessons Learned from Disasters: Insights from Hurricane Katrina and Rita

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  1. American Association of Osteopathic Examiners Summit January 7, 2006 What We Learned From Katrina and Rita Dale L. Austin Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Federation of State Medical Boards

  2. Listening/Empathizing • furniture a jumbled mess; patient files covered in mud in the parking lot; see where water was over 6 feet deep • Worst luck of anyone: injured Achilles tendon the week before Katrina; taking treatments for 2nd bout with cancer; rear ended by another car in parking lot; lost home and practice to wind/rain • Blew windows out of ICU; power went out but generators kicked in; at 3 a.m. Tuesday generators went out flooded • Son-in-law’s cousin found drowned in her attic

  3. A “Can Do” Attitude Knowing what we can and cannot do! • Services developed by and for Member Boards • Technical Capabilities • Expertise/dedicated personnel • Relationships with Member Boards • Relationships with other national organizations

  4. Member Boards

  5. Things People Worry About…. 40% Things that never happen 30%  Things they can’t change 12%  Needless worry about health 10%  Petty things 8%  REAL PROBLEMS 92%  Concerns uncontrollable events and is simply wasteful.

  6. Emergencies are not Created Equal • physicians displaced  physicians volunteering • member board out of commission pinch-hitting • medical schools, postgraduate training programs, practices, hospitals gone or out of commission • best practices best practice in the circumstance

  7. Finding a Way Through the Maze Credentialing Physicians  Use FCVS Profile Prior to AAMC & ACGME Centralized Data no FCVS profile Roadblock 1973 DoG Medical School PGT/1974-1979 PGT Program  Roadblock Medical School Med Ed  PGT Specialty Board Med ED ?????  Med School Records destroyed ????? PGT PGT Records destroyed Roadblock

  8. Can’t do it alone! • American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) • Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) • American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) • Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) • Centers for Disease Control (CDC) • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) • Administrators in Medicine (AIM)

  9. Business as usual UN • License Verification • Disciplinary History Search • Document Retrieval • Secured Document Storage • Information Clearinghouse • Credentials Verification • Legal & Legislative Monitoring (emergency declarations)

  10. More Business as usual UN • Data Management for Emergency Notifications • FSMB Staff Resources • Accreditation Recognition • Communication During Emergency/Disaster • Points of Contact for Physician Volunteers • Collaboration with Other National Organizations • Secured Data Storage

  11. Dale L. Austin Sr. Vice President/ Chief Operating Officer PO Box 619850 Dallas, TX 75261-9850 Tel: 817.868.4060  Fax: 817.868.4152 Email: daustin@fsmb.org

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