PLEASE NOTE: There has been a change to the flyers. The links work properly, however the course code was listed incorrectly. The course code you should be using is: 1067100
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The National Infrastructure Protection Plan identified hospitals and healthcare organizations as critical infrastructure. This course brings planning and management stakeholders from the hospital and healthcare sector together with supporting and impacted community leaders to ensure the resiliency of healthcare infrastructure services in the event of a high-consequence event. Participants will examine preparedness processes and activities, sector dependencies and inter-dependencies, and discuss resiliency strategies to ensure the sustainability of these facilities and organizations.​1067100

Date: January 31, 2017 3:00-4:00 PM EST 
This presentation will include a discussion of results of the Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End stage renal disease (SCOPE) Collaborative, which is a Quality Transformation Network for dialysis centers serving children aiming to:

• Improve patient outcomes
• Support collaborating pediatric nephrology centers
• Enable physicians to meet the ABP Part IV MOC requirements
• Generate new knowledge and evidence-based clinical practices in the pediatric nephrology population

https://www.cdc.gov/hai/prevent/safe-healthcare-webinars.html

The vendor-hosted MI Volunteer Registry Autumn Charge exercise is open to all Registry Administrators and will be held on January 25th and 26th, 2017. The exercise will begin with a welcome conference call scheduled for January 25th at 11:30 a.m. EST. The exercise formally begins at 1:00 p.m. and is expected to end on January 26th at 1:00 p.m. Players can expect intermittent exercise activity and are not expected to be available for the entire 24-hour period. ​

Partners, Please note this is only a notice to Save the Date. Region 7 will be funding R7 Healthcare Coalition Partners to attend. More details will be sent out soon. Thank you. ​

May 9 - May 11, 2017
Mark your calendars and don’t miss the 2017 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference and Expo being held at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This year's theme is “Protecting Our Homeland,” and will draw attendees into the pertinent world of terrorism.  The threats we face are real, increasing in occurrence, and recognize no boundaries. We must expand our knowledge and unite in our efforts to combat terrorism and protect our homeland.