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Section 13: Public Health Preparedness Informatics<br />

2. Inform Clinicians and Laboratories.<br />

• Clinicians. The BNE recruitment process can be leveraged through the HPN<br />

executive staff editorial board to inform clinicians of protocols for safe<br />

specimen collection and mechanism for submitting specimens to referral<br />

laboratories. The practitioners’ pages on HPN can point to specimen<br />

protocols, diagnosis and treatment information and the IHANS system can be<br />

used to notify them as to its availability. A clinician-targeted discussion group<br />

can be set up on the commerce secure discussion forum to allow individual<br />

practitioners to dialogue with state epidemiology and laboratory staff<br />

regarding questions and case specifics.<br />

• Clinical laboratories. With maintenance if inclusive and accurate contact<br />

information in ComDir for clinical laboratories, the IHANS systems can be<br />

used to notify laboratory personnel of availability of training materials and<br />

sample protocols for safe collection testing, how and the mechanism for<br />

submitting specimens to referral Wadsworth. The commerce access and<br />

logging system is also able to confirm that labs have actually accessed the<br />

materials.<br />

‣ Action items:<br />

o Commerce executive editorial board, Wadsworth Center, and PHP<br />

program will need to coordinate with BNE, and task responsible<br />

program areas with posting of needed materials on commerce and<br />

publishing their availability for labs and clinicians. The concept and<br />

availability of a clinician discussion form focused on pandemic<br />

influeza or other disease events will need to be promoted to clinicians<br />

joining the commerce system.<br />

o NYSDOH will need to task medical epidemiologists and laboratorians<br />

with monitoring a clinician discussion forum on commerce.<br />

D. Countermeasure Response Administration<br />

1. Isolation and Quarantine. Beyond initial epidemiological investigation needs<br />

of a pandemic covered in CDESS, the HERDS system as deployed to local health<br />

and health facilities statewide can provide general summarization, tracking and<br />

reporting of support, service, and monitoring for those affected by community<br />

containment measures in healthcare facilities, other residential facilities, homes,<br />

community facilities, and other related settings.<br />

‣ Action items:<br />

o Related NYSDOH program areas will need to design and define<br />

HERDS reporting forms for isolation and quarantine.<br />

2. Distribution and Use of Vaccine and Antiviral Medications.<br />

• Facility Vaccine and antiviral inventory and needs assessment. <strong>Influenza</strong><br />

Vaccine Inventories and vaccination needs are currently reported by risk<br />

category at hospitals and nursing homes through HERDS. Vaccine inventory,<br />

vaccination needs and antiviral medication inventories were also tracked in<br />

February 7, 2006 13-26

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