Leadership During Hurricane Sandy

John K. Lloyd, President

Communication

Command Centers• Established at our hospitals and

corporate• Included senior leaders with

decision making authority

Impact on Hospitals

• Unprecedented volumes in our Emergency Departments

• Power outages• Lack of fuel/gasoline

Lessons Learned

Inadequate Medical Shelters

Mobile Satellite Emergency Department established at Ocean Medical Center

Mary O’Dowd, Commissioner of New Jersey Department of Health and Nicole Lurie, M.D., U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response visit Jersey Shore

University Medical Center.

Response of National, State and Local Authorities

A medical shelter was established at Middlesex county college in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Compassionate Leadership

Held for team members impacted by Hurricane Sandy directly after the storm

Team Member Forums

“We immediately realized that we not only had to address the

health care needs of the community, we had to take care of our team members”

Supporting Our Own – Immediate Assistance

Gift Cards

Food & Clothing Drive

Family Photographs

Housing Assistance

Communicating ResourcesMeridian Disaster Relief Fund

$130k in gift cards distributed

$2m commitment from the Meridian Board of Trustees

Supporting Our Own - Long Term

Team members that donated $20 to the Meridian Disaster Relief Fund

received a t-shirt

ChallengeThe Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations’ Gala was in a few weeks

SolutionWe turned the Gala into a Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser - $400k raised!

Telling Our Story