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Appendix 13-B<br />

that the highest priority notifications are apportioned the system resources appropriate<br />

for the urgency level of their notification. These queuing rules are currently being<br />

built into the system but are not available at this time.<br />

1. Priority by Notification Urgency levels:<br />

Alert> High Advisory>Advisory>Update>Informational, i.e., Alerts are sent<br />

before High Advisories, High Advisories before Advisories<br />

2. Priority by Organization type within an equivalent urgency level:<br />

State DOH >Regional>State Agency>LHD>Facility<br />

Within State NYSDOH: first in, first out<br />

Within region: by population order [vertical down/up > horizontal<br />

(area)]<br />

Across State Agencies: emergency management, surveillance and<br />

response agencies, followed by others across LHDs: By<br />

population: NY City> LHD alliances>highly populated counties,<br />

etc. [vertical down/up > horizontal (area)]<br />

Across facilities: associations>networks>opcerts>individual PFIs<br />

(vertical down/up > horizontal)<br />

<br />

3. Across Organization types and Priority levels:<br />

Alert>Advisory>Update>Informational, etc., i.e., LHD Alert goes out before a<br />

State level Advisory<br />

Cascading Notifications: Preserving jurisdictional and organizational authority --<br />

Protocols for NYSDOH Reviewing and Sending Notifications.<br />

Multiple agencies share alerts with the NYSDOH and multiple programs within<br />

NYSDOH may wish to send notifications. Prior to disseminating these alerts to local<br />

health agencies, healthcare providers and other emergency responders through the<br />

HIN/HPN/HAN, some may require review. Following national protocols for emergency<br />

notifications and communications, each agency preserves the right to notify its own<br />

constituents, e.g., NYSDOH notification regarding foodborne illness is sent to<br />

Department of Agriculture and Markets, central office staff who in turn will determine<br />

appropriateness of notification, appropriate recipient group, and ultimately will send out<br />

the notification using the Notification System tool on Commerce. NYSDOH does not<br />

supercede the authority of Ag & Markets by directly notifying their constituent group.<br />

1. NYSDOH asks the CDC and other agencies such as OPS to forward their alerts,<br />

advisories and updates to the Lotus Notes HealthAlert BML. When a message is<br />

received in the bml by an approved agency, specific individuals in the NYSDOH<br />

Office of Public Health Preparedness and BHNSM Health Alert Network receive<br />

a text message on their cell phones indicating there is a message in the bml<br />

needing review for possible posting and sending notifications to NYSDOH<br />

constituents.<br />

These reviewers may need additional approval of NYSDOH Executive staff, or<br />

they may post the message on the HAN and send out a notification using the<br />

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