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Pandemic Influenza Plan - Questar III

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Section 13: Public Health Preparedness Informatics<br />

LHDs also have an additional account privilege which provides for rapid<br />

account creation and account affiliation with their organization for local<br />

response partners. In the event of an emergency declaration this local capacity<br />

would be used as the mechanism for mass account sign-up for key response<br />

partners with immediate need for access critical functions such as health<br />

alerting, collaboration and clinic management. Individual licensed<br />

practitioners may request commerce accounts for themselves or their practice<br />

at the following URL: https://commerce.health.state.ny.us/pub/<br />

BNE reviews these requests as part of the prescription pad registration process<br />

and has a helpdesk established to assist practitioners (Appendix 13-A).<br />

f. Health Emergency Response Data System (HERDS). HERDS is part of an<br />

application framework that provides a real-time flow of data from the<br />

healthcare community to state, local and regional public health. Electronic<br />

surveys, surveillance activities or electronic incidents of any nature can be<br />

created and deployed on the fly without programming. Surveillance reporting<br />

can be activated and intensified as an event proceeds. Health facilities, or<br />

other organizations can be activated selectively (individually, by county, by<br />

region or statewide) to report via specific forms. Once activated the affected<br />

facilities and jurisdictions are automatically alerted using the IHANS. State,<br />

regional and local health jurisdictions are able to access the data as soon as it<br />

is reported by the facilities. HERDS also has an integrated GIS system which<br />

allows state, local and regional health to visualize and analyze the data in<br />

relation to key spatial layers. HERDS may be used by local and regional<br />

health jurisdictions to deploy surveys and incidents within their jurisdiction<br />

(training of regional and local health is slated to begin in Q1 2006 ). HERDS<br />

has been deployed to all hospitals, nursing homes and LHDs in NY.<br />

Deployment to home health care and primary care clinics is slated for Q1<br />

2006, and to adult care facilities and public and private schools later in 2006.<br />

Details on the HERDS system are provided in Appendix 13-C.<br />

Related HERDS statewide electronic reporting systems currently active for<br />

hospitals include:<br />

• Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) capacity. A complete,<br />

audited inventory of all AIIR room capacity, attributes,<br />

• Critical Assets Survey. Detailed inventory of surge capacity by bed<br />

type, equipment (Vents, PPE, etc ), ED capacity, attributes (e.g.,<br />

decontamination facility, burn center, hyperbaric chambers, trauma<br />

center), staff capacities, pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, antidotes),<br />

generators, communication capacities (video, data and voice,<br />

internet), transportation (ambulance, helipad).<br />

• <strong>Influenza</strong> Surveillance. Lab confirmed admissions by age category.<br />

• <strong>Influenza</strong> vaccine supply. Dosages available and needed by risk<br />

group.<br />

• Bed Availability. Ongoing survey of adult and pediatric hospital bed<br />

availability by bed type (burn, critical care, general medical/surgical)<br />

and patients waiting in the ED.<br />

February 7, 2006 13-10

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