EHDG Security Directors Committee

Chair

Robert WIles

Baptist Health System

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish benchmarks that healthcare organizations can use to define Community Disaster Response roles for hospital security departments.
• Establish Disaster-related training programs, guidelines and competencies for hospital security personnel, including hospital personnel assigned to security during a disaster/emergency.
• Establish common terms and processes to ensure interoperable communications during disasters.  This includes, but is not limited to radio, telephone and WebEOC software.

• Review, evaluate and share best practices for hospital security departments and incorporate them into their hospital’s emergency response plans where applicable.  This includes, but is not limited to:

• Radiological emergency response
• Role in decontamination procedures
• Emergency 2-way radio cross-patch capability and use
• WebEOC integration
• Access control procedures for emergencies
• CCTV Systems

 COMMITTEE MEETINGS

The EHDG Security Directors Committee meets the last Wednesday of every other month at 1:30pm.

Training Opportunity

Healthcare Services Best Practices Workshop

July 2011

Topics include:
•    Healthcare Security Issues
•    Healthcare Security Organizational Structure
•    Security Models/Staffing and Deployment
•    Security Officer Equipment/Training
•    Electronic Security Equipment
•    Terrorism/Emergency Management

Please contact Michelle Montgomery 210-233-5837 for details and to sign-up.