Infant Welfare’s head of Medical Records, Debra Reister attended the 61st convention and trade show to share information about what to do if medical records were destroyed.
IHCA (no, not “IH” – “CA”, I did not just sneeze) stands for the Illinois Health Care Association which is an organization comprised of 375 licensed and certified long term care facilities and programs through the state of Illinois.
Their annual conference took place in Peoria, Illinois from Monday, September 12 – Thursday September 15. In attendance were 2200 nurses, administrators, owners of long term care facilities and others. Reister and Greenberg’s presentation
In the wake of a year that rivaled the largest amount of disasters around the world, the Illinois Healthcare Association included a presentation about what to do in the case of lost or damaged medical records. Two of the presenters were Debra Reister and Stanley P. Greenberg. Both had extensive experience in medical records and their unexpected destruction.
There was a large attendance for their presentation in particular and an active Q&A session after they shared information of their experiences gave everyone the bearings to take the steps needed in the case of an emergency. Many of those that attended had never been through a disaster. Now many Illinois healthcare facilities will be pursuing a detailed disaster plan and know exactly where the chips need to lie if disaster should strike.
After the celebration of its own flood and natural disaster, IWS is proud that so much positive could come out of an incident that is far behind them. IWS hopes that in sharing their experiences, others may recover as they did.
Please check your preparedness by looking at the presentation the shared: