Trailblazing… with the MI Volunteer Registry
Volunteer Registration in Secure Database Web based Supports Public Health and Healthcare Emergencies Credentialing & Re-Credentialing Health Professional Licenses Michigan Criminal Background Check Hospital Privileges or Employment Mission Deployment, Communication & Alerting Queries Documents Mission Tracking
Identity Location Qualifications Clinical Practice Memberships Deployment Pref Background Checks
Create a Mission Create Deployment Groups Request Availability Assign Responders Notify Responders
Emergency Credentialing Levels Assignment of volunteers to an ECL assists in determining how to best integrate volunteers into response activities
Healthcare Provider Types ESAR-VHP Program: 20 Health Professions Identified for Verification
Administrators Privileges are Role Based
Making ECL1 Assignment Happen
Credential Verification Automated Michigan Licenses OIG ABMS or AOA Federation of State Medical Boards FSMB ABNS DEA State Staff Michigan Internet Criminal History (ICHAT) Hospital Privileges Confirmation by Medical Staff Services Office or Confirmation by Human Resources This is the new step that will enable ECL1 assignment
ESAR-VHP 3 Year CA Goal: Upgrade Registry to be able to apply ECL 1 Software UpgradeHospital OutreachPilot Project & EvaluationTraining & Exercising Complete In Process On-going
Hospital Agreement
Hospital Contact Information
Pilot Project Evaluation
Challenges of Hospital Participation Staff Turnover Hospital System Administrators Hospital Staff and Physicians Background Checks ICHAT, OIG Primary Licensure Verification, ABMS, ABNS, AOA Legal MOUs Workers Compensation, legal protections for volunteers
Individual Hospital Challenges Preparedness for Healthcare Professional Volunteers Demobilization Volunteer Request Process Volunteer Reception Center Identification of Volunteers Just In Time Training & Orientation Supervision
Joint Commission EM
…identification indicating that the individual is a member of…, the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)…
Advantages of Hospital Participation ECL 1 Coordination of Hospital Plan with Local & Regional Emergency Plans Plan to Meet Medical Surge with Pre- Credentialed Staff One Way to Demonstrate Regulatory Agency EM Requirements
Questions Virginia Zimmerman Or Kathy Wahl