VT Medical Operations Network - Concept to Activation Webinar

When: September 27, 2022 from 11:30AM to 1:00PM

Where: Virtual

In September 2020, the Vermont Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition (VHEPC) conducted a COVID-19 Gap Assessment that identified the need for a centralized process to share healthcare information and coordinate healthcare resources.  

To address this need, the Vermont Medical Operations Workgroup (MOW) was established in March 2021 to “Vermont-ize” ASPR’s Medical Operations Coordination Cell (MOCC) concept. Over the next several months, the MOW gathered a group of stakeholders to develop the Vermont Medical Operations Network (MON) as a centralized hub for healthcare information sharing, resource coordination, patient movement, and clinical expertise for any event that impacts healthcare facilities.  

As the workgroup was refining the Concept of Operations (CONOPS), the COVID-19 Omicron variant arrived in rural Vermont, and the MON was activated in December 2021 to support rural acute care hospital requests for staffing and other resources. The MON also supported skilled nursing facility staffing requests as well as coordinating COVID-19 therapeutics to healthcare partners and prisons. VHEPC members were key partners in the workgroup, and this panel presentation with representation from VHEPC, Vermont Department of Health, Vermont Association for Hospitals and Health Systems, and All Clear Emergency Management Group, LLC. will review the conditions that necessitated the MON, the core functions and participants in the MON, and what’s next for the MON.

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