December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino1 Health Alert Network The Nuts and Bolts

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino2 Collecting Contact Information Office of Public Health PreparednessOffice of Public Health Preparedness –Existing lists Local Public Health Departments HospitalEpidemiologists Pharmaceutical Stockpile Laboratories Other Agencies and GroupsOther Agencies and Groups –Emergency Management

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino3 Contact Information Required for All UsersRequired for All Users –First Name –Last Name –Work –Work Phone –Work Phone Extension –Work Fax Number Supplemental Work Information –Organization –Title –Work Location –Work Address –Work City –Work Zip –Work State

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino4 Contact Information Alternate Contact InformationAlternate Contact Information –Cell phone –Numeric pager –Alternate phone –Alpha pager –Alternate –Other Home Contact Information –Home address –Home city –Home zip –Home phone –Home state

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino5 Role 1: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group1: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group 2: Foundation of the Health Alert Network2: Foundation of the Health Alert Network

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino6 What is a HAN Role Health OfficerHealth Officer Top official for a local health departmentTop official for a local health department Duties: Organizes and oversees the entire local health department.Duties: Organizes and oversees the entire local health department.

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino7 What is a HAN Role? Cannot be too specificCannot be too specific NOTE: One person may have multiple rolesNOTE: One person may have multiple roles

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino8 Training Will be a train the trainer activity.Will be a train the trainer activity.Example We (MDCH) will train the Emergency Preparedness Coordinators regionally.We (MDCH) will train the Emergency Preparedness Coordinators regionally. The Emergency Planning Coordinators will train the local health departments locally.The Emergency Planning Coordinators will train the local health departments locally.

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino9 Roles and Training Training will be different depending on what role you fill.Training will be different depending on what role you fill. Each role will use the HAN system differentlyEach role will use the HAN system differently Roles that are similar (i.e. Health Officer and Medical Director) will be trained together.Roles that are similar (i.e. Health Officer and Medical Director) will be trained together. Training from MDCH will be regionalTraining from MDCH will be regional

December 19, 2002William Colville & Kerry Aquino10

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