When 'Public Transit' Becomes 'Patient Transportation': The Medical Side of Dialysis

Wednesday, May 23
3:15-4:45 p.m.
Room: Baltimore Convention Center, Room 321

Expand your skills in understanding and responding to the medical aspects of people receiving medical transportation, particularly with respect to dialysis. Learn more about non-emergency stretcher transportation and how that plays into the family of transportation services we provide, and learn how to build knowledge of medical transportation into your driver training program.

Moderator: Beverly Ward, United We Ride Coordination Ambassador, FTA Region 1
Presenter: Dave Cyra, United We Ride Coordination Ambassador, FTA Region 9
Presenter: Jim Holman

Design Your EXPO Training For the first time, you can customize your EXPO training experience! If you're a mobility manager or work for a state DOT, work in tribal transit or you're a transit advocate, we've developed specialized tracks for you that put together the workshops that will help you the most. Select from a topic below and a customized set of workshops are selected. Select from the following tracks Accessibility Employment Medical Mobility Managers Rural Senior Transit Associations State DOTs Transit Advocates Tribal Urban Veterans

Workshops a-la-carte Regionalizing Your Transit Network: Erasing Artificial Boundaries Livability and Sustainability in Community Transportation: What's That? Mobility Management Performance Measures Starting a Mobility Management Program: The First Year Making Mobility Available and Affordable: A Forum on Using Software to Improve Service Delivery Mobility Management Applications for Rural Transit Dialysis Operations: Myth, Rumor, Reality Financing: The Key to Dialysis Transportation When 'Public Transit' Becomes 'Patient Transportation': The Medical Side of Dialysis Vehicle Management and Procurement: Selecting the Appropriate Vehicle to Meet the Changing Needs of Your System Innovative Service Design Advancing Safety and Security: The CTAA/FTA Partnership in Action Americans with Disabilities Act at 22: Updates and Next Steps National Transit Database Rural Training Transit Facilities: How to Get Started: Before Bricks and Mortar How We're Serving Those Who've Served: Federal Initiatives in Transportation for Veterans and Military Families How Mobility Managers Can Collaborate with Veterans Support Systems Off Schedule, Off Route, Off Hours, No Problem! Meeting the Transportation Access Needs of Workers in New and Re-emerging Employment Sectors Social Media for the Transit Professional Creative Funding and Grant Writing: Thinking Outside the Bus Building a Coherent Transportation System Through Negotiating Managing Risk and The CTAA Insurance Store Beyond Oversight: The Purpose Driven Board Senior Transportation: How to Continue Good Service in Times of Change Volunteering and Social Inclusion in Community Transportation Community Transportation Research: Where We Are and Where We're Going Transportation Management Associations: A Public Private Partnership From Concept to Reality Transit at the Table: Strategies for Using Planning Processes to Improve Coordination and Community Mobility

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