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Statewide Disaster Preparedness for a Bioterrorism Attack: The Indiana Model

This presentation describes a statewide model to provide medications for “first responders” in the event of a widespread bio disaster. This program is patterned after the concepts developed to support the 2002 Winter Olympic games and utilizes a unique partnership between the Clarian Health pharmacy department, Cardinal Distribution and the State of Indiana.

This presentation is about an 30 minutes long.

Speaker

James A. Jorgenson, R.Ph., M.S., FASHP
Executive Director for Pharmacy Services,
Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN

As Executive Director of the Department of Pharmacy Services, Mr. Jorgenson's responsibilities include the direction and leadership for all pharmacy programs at the Clarian Medical Center complex. Inpatient services provide direct pharmacy care for the 350 bed Indiana University Medical Center, the 276 bed Riley Children's Hospital, the 54 bed Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, the 200 bed Clarian Arnett Hospital and the 1,000 bed Clarian Methodist Hospital. Ambulatory programs include 9 retail pharmacies, a mail order pharmacy and a variety of ambulatory clinical pharmacy services.

Mr. Jorgenson earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and a Master of Science in Hospital Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota. He also completed a two year residency in Hospital Pharmacy Administration at United and Children's Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has served on editorial and advisory boards for health care providers and industry. He has also been an active member of ASHP, serving on the ASHP Goals Committee, the Commission on Credentialing and the Councils for Legal and Public Affairs and Administrative Affairs and in numerous state affiliated chapter positions. Mr. Jorgenson has authored over 30 publications and has provided over 100 invited presentations both nationally and internationally.

Previous to joining Clarian, Mr. Jorgenson was the Administrative Director for Pharmacy and the Associate Dean for Pharmacy at the University of Utah. He was also responsible for the operation of Drug Information Services supporting the 2002 Winter Olympic Games as well as the Polyclinic Pharmacy which provided pharmacy services to the athletes and Olympic family. Mr. Jorgenson is the recipient of the 2008 ASHP Award for Distinguished Leadership in Health-System Pharmacy Practice for his work in this area.

Learning Objectives and Major Content Areas

1. Identify and quantify medications required to support a large scale program targeted at covering "first responders" in a bioterror situation.
2. Summarize the unique elements that a partnership with a major drug wholesaler brings to this program.
3. Outline the elements that the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile provides to support these types of disasters.