Journal Articles

Blake S, Howard D, Eiring H. San Diego's Area Coordinator System: A Disaster Preparedness Model for U.S. Nursing Homes.Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Dec;6(4):424-7. doi: 10.1001/dmp.2012.65.

Daugherty J, Eiring H, Blake S, Howard D. Disaster preparedness in home health and personal care agencies: Are they ready?Gerontology. April 6, 2012. DOI: 10.1159/000336032

Eiring H, Blake SC, Howard DH. Nursing Homes' Preparedness Plans and Capabilities. American Journal of Disaster Medicine. 2012; 7(2) 127-135

Howard D, Zhang R, Huang Y, Kutner N. Hospitalization rates among dialysis patients during

Hurricane Katrina. Pre-Hospital and Disaster Medicine. 2012 Jul 19:1-5. Available on CJO 2012 doi:10.1017/S1049023X12000945

Zhang K, Howard DH. Hospital and skilled nursing facility patient flows during Hurricane Katrina and the Midwest Floods of 2008. Health Systems August 22, 2014. doi:10.1057/hs.2014.16 

Presentations

Howard, D. Developing a Long Term Care Emergency Preparedness Web Portal. Florida Health Care Associations Emergency Preparedness Council Meeting. April 2, 2014 Tallahassee, FL.

Howard D. Project Update - Disaster Planning for Nursing Home Providers Emory PERRC Advisory Board Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia, May 9, 2013

Howard D, Blake SC. Improving Disaster Planning in Nursing Homes and Home Health Agencies. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity Webinar. May 8, 2012.http://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/calls/2012/callinfo_050812.asp

Eiring H, Blake S, Howard D. Nursing Homes' Preparedness Plans and Capabilities, (Sharing Session) Public Health Preparedness Summit. Anaheim, CA, February 21-24, 2012. 

Howard D, Blake S. Improving Disaster Planning in Nursing Homes and Home Health Agencies. Invited presentation. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. Atlanta, GA, January 11, 2012. 

Blake S, Howard D, Eiring H. Ensuring Quality of Care in Nursing Homes through Disaster Preparedness: The San Diego Area Coordinator Model. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Seattle, WA, June 12-14, 2011. 

Blake S, Howard D, Eiring H. Emergency Preparedness of Nursing Homes Providers: A Qualitative Study. American Public Health Association Annual Conference. Denver, CO, November 6-10, 2010. 

Howard D. Project Update – Disaster Planning for Nursing Home Providers Emory PERRC Advisory Board Meeting. Atlanta, GA, September 15, 2010. 

Eiring H. Disaster Planning for Home Health Care Providers. Georgia Association for Home Health Agencies. Savannah, GA, August 16, 2010. 

Howard D, Tarde S. San Diego's Area Coordinator System: A Disaster Preparedness Model for U.S. Nursing Homes. Public Health Systems and Services Research Keeneland Conference, Lexington, KY, April 21, 2010. 

Howard D. Disaster Planning for Nursing Home Providers. Kentucky Health Care Association. Lexington, KY, April 20, 2010. 

Howard D. Project Update – Disaster Planning for Nursing Home Providers Emory PERRC Advisory Board Meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 11, 2010. 

Eiring H. Disaster Planning for Nursing Home Providers. Florida Association of Health Facilities. Orlando, FL. December 2, 2009.

Blake S. Improving Disaster Planning for Nursing Home Providers California Association of Health Facilities – San Diego Chapter Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, April 23, 2009. 

Howard D. Improving Disaster Planning for Nursing Home, Home Health and Dialysis Providers. COTPER/CDC Webinar Session VII, Atlanta, GA, August 27, 2009. 

Howard D, Blake S. Improving Disaster Planning for Nursing Home, Home Health, and Dialysis Providers. Emory Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center Advisory Board Meeting. Atlanta, GA, September 17, 2009. 

Zalen J. Improving Disaster Planning for Nursing Home Providers. American Health Care Association Disaster Planning Committee Meeting. February 26, 2009. (One of our "stakeholders", Janice Zalen of AHCA, presented on our behalf) 

Howard D. Improving Disaster Planning for Nursing Home, Home Health, and Dialysis Providers. Emory Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center Advisory Board Meeting. Atlanta, GA, January 19, 2009. 

Abstracts

Blake SC, Whitney EA, Howard D. Best Practices for Developing a Long Term Care Emergency Preparedness Web Portal. Public Health Preparedness Summit, April 3, 2014 Atlanta, GA

Blake SC, Eiring H, Howard DH. Communication is Key: Improving Disaster Planning in Nursing Homes and Home Health Agencies. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting: Long Term Care Interest Group Colloquium. Orlando, Florida, June 2012.

Daugherty J, Eiring H, Blake S, Howard D. Disaster Preparedness in Home Health and Personal Care Agencies: Are They Ready? Public Health Preparedness Summit. Anaheim, CA, February 21-24, 2012. 

Eiring H, Blake S, Willis H, Howard D. Developing Partnerships with Long Term Care Provider Associations to Improve Disaster Planning. Public Health Preparedness Summit. Atlanta GA, February 22-25, 2011. 

Blake S, Howard D, Eiring H. Improving Disaster Planning for Nursing Home Providers. Public Health Preparedness Summit. Atlanta, GA, February 16-19, 2010. 

Tools

Florida's Long Term Care Emergency Preparedness Portal - A gateway to tools, resources and information on emergency preparedness topics specifically for skilled nursing and post-acute care centers -- also referred to as long term care (LTC) centers, this website was developed as a collaborative project between the Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) and the Emory University's Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center at the Rollins School of Public Health, with input from the FHCA Quality Foundation's Emergency Preparedness Council and the Florida Department of Health's Bureau of Preparedness and Response.

Other

Howard D, Blake S, Eiring H. Improving Disaster Planning and Preparedness in Nursing Homes International Association of Emergency Managers Bulletin. May 2012.