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Many Members, One Voice W hat W e L earned F rom K atrina and R ita D ale L. A ustin Senior Vice...
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Many Members, One Voice What We Learned From Katrina and Rita Dale L. Austin Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Federation of State Medical Boards January 7, 2006 American Association of Osteopathic Examiners Summit
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Many Members, One Voice
What We Learned From
Katrina and Rita
Dale L. AustinSenior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
Federation of State Medical Boards
January 7, 2006
American Association of Osteopathic Examiners Summit
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
Listening/Empathizing
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
A “Can Do” Attitude
Education
Communication
PolicyDevelopment
Institute for Physician Evaluation (IPE)
Special Purpose
Examination(SPEX)
InternetClearinghouse
Federation Physician
DataCenter(FPDC)
FederationCredentialsVerification
Service(FCVS)
United StatesMedical Licensing
Examination (USMLE)
GovernmentRelations &
Policy
MemberBoardsMemberBoards
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.
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
Emergencies are not Created Equal
Finding a Way
no FCVS profile
Roadblo
ck
Med Ed
PGT Program
1973 DoG PGT/1974-
1979
Prior to AAMC
& ACGME Centralized
Data
Roadblock
Medical School
PGT
Medical School
Specialty Board
Use FCVS ProfileCredentialing Physicians
Med School Records
destroyed PGT Records
destroyed
Roadblo
ck
PGT
Med ED
?????
?????
Through the Maze
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)
Can’t do it alone!
Business as usual
License Verification
Disciplinary History Search
Document Retrieval
Secured Document Storage
Information Clearinghouse
Credentials Verification
Legal & Legislative Monitoring (emergency declarations)
UNUN
More Business as usual
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
UNUN
Many Members, One Voice
Dale L. AustinSr. Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
PO Box 619850
Dallas, TX 75261-9850Tel: 817.868.4060 Fax: 817.868.4152Email: [email protected]
