North Shore LIJ And Hurricane Sandy Relief Page 2: A Case Study

North Shore LIJ and Hurricane Sandy Relief Page 2

There are many factors that have had an impact on economic changes one of the factors I will be discussing in this paper is natural environmental causes. Hurricane Sandy was one of the biggest storms to hit the Northeastern United States. The storm affected many homes and businesses forcing many businesses to close. The destruction was unpredictable but North Shore LIJ employee’s response was great. Whit Just about 16 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient facilities, the enormity of the challenge facing North Shore LIJ both during and after the storm. As Part of its disaster preparedness planning for any emergency, North Shore LIJ Health System and all of its hospitals and long
Many employees and trusting have donated roughly about hundreds of thousands of dollars toward the funds that were raised for relief efforts and Lenox Hill Hospital’s recent Autumn Ball generated more than $2 million. North Shore LIJ CEO Michael Dowling decided to redirect the donations toward the North Shore LIJ Hurricane Sandy Relief Funds as well as charities that were helping other victims in the community. The most significant changes that have impacted the Health System have been both technological and social environment. The North Shore LIJ health System has learned the most important lessons during its response to Hurricane Irene in August of 2011 was the need for a better system to track the whereabouts of evacuated patients and to better ensure their medical records. During Hurricane Sandy the health system began using incident management software called “E Team” which enabled each hospital or facility to enter patient’s names that were being evacuated into the web based program. This web based program made things much easier for hospitals to keep track of their patients that were