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Physician Preparedness

Upstate Physician Chair Incident Command Brief

The office of Emergency Management at Upstate has developed the document below to outline general Incident Command principles, along with roles and responsibilities for Physician Chair positions during times of active Incident Command. 

 To access the document, please click the following link: Physician Chair ICS

Physician's Electronic Emergency Preparedness Toolkit Available Now!

The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) invites you to listen to reflections of 9/11, reasons physicians and other healthcare professionals prepare for a public health emergency, and how MSSNY can assist you in this endeavor. Click here to listen!

Podcast Panel: Members of MSSNY Emergency Preparedness and Disaster/Terrorism Response Committee

Host: Dan Vick, MD, MBA, CPE, Chair

Panelists: Lorraine Giordano, MD | William Valenti, MD | Craig Katz, MD | Arthur Cooper, MD, MS, Vice-Chair


The Medical Society of the State of New York Physician's Electronic Emergency Preparedness Toolkit Podcast can be accessed at http://cme.mssny.org/ First time users need to register. Click on "My Training" once you have logged in.

Module 1: Liability Protections for Office Based Physicians During a Public Health Emergency

Module 2: The Federal and State Framework for Resonding to a Public Health Emergency

Module 3: Best Practices for a Public Health Emergency

Module 4: Physician "Go" Bag and Checklist

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