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Section 13: Public Health Preparedness Informatics<br />

addresses, board certifications/certifications, profession specialties, hospital and<br />

agency affiliations, other emergency responder commitments they may have, as<br />

well as languages spoken and an estimate of time to respond specific emergency<br />

needs. The application provides the volunteer the ability to update or add to their<br />

information at any time. This volunteer data storehouse is being expanded to<br />

accommodate any new elements as we identify the needs.<br />

The Questionnaire can be accessed directly at:<br />

https://commerce.health.state.ny.us/hpn/cgibin/applinks/mpvols/VolunteerQuestionnaire<br />

The volunteer search page enables DOH personnel, local county health personnel<br />

and others with special access to search the health care volunteers in the system by<br />

profession, county of residence, specialty, board certification, county, and<br />

hospital/health care facility association. Information provided in the results screen<br />

includes the volunteers profession, address, contact information (phone number,<br />

email address, fax or pager number), any hospital affiliation an indication of the<br />

volunteer's willingness to assist in an emergency beyond their county. This<br />

information is provided in a column report which can be sorted by any column<br />

selected, and a button is provided to permit the searcher to download the<br />

information to their PC.<br />

The Volunteer Home Search can be accessed directly at:<br />

https://commerce.health.state.ny.us/hpn/cgi-bin/applinks/mpvols/VolunteerHome<br />

7. NYSDOH Staff Emergency Contact and Volunteer Database<br />

A database has been established for reporting, tracking and collecting emergency<br />

contact and volunteer information for each employee in state DOH and HRI. It is<br />

based in the agency enterprise Office automation system, Lotus Notes. The<br />

Commissioner has mandated that every employee provides contact information<br />

about their work location, job title, contact number(s) and a means to contact them<br />

at home directly or through the auspices of an emergency contact. There is a<br />

tracking system that is used by the human resources group to make sure that this<br />

part of the information is being completed. The information will be used by duly<br />

authorized emergency managers to contact employees at work or home in case there<br />

is an emergency. It has a reporting tool to produce lists of people matching a variety<br />

of characteristics. E-mail alerts can be sent to these lists of people. A second,<br />

voluntary part of the application is to collect information about how an employee<br />

could volunteer services of special resources and skills they may have. For instance<br />

they may be a licensed EMT, or a nurse, or be able to drive a 4-wheeled vehicle.<br />

The application is being expanded by using automated workflow to automatically<br />

obtain supervisor's approval for release to volunteer duty.<br />

February 7, 2006 13-15

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