1. Texas Disaster Volunteer Registry
Belinda Hare
State Disaster Volunteer Coordinator
Community Preparedness Section
Texas Department of State Health Services

2. Birth of ESAR-VHP ESAR-VHP = Emergency Systems
for Advance Registration
of Volunteer Health Professionals
Tragic events of 9/ll
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

3. Growth of ESAR-VHP
HRSA’s National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program (NBHPP)
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Starting in 2009, must be in place or
no cooperative agreement funding

4. Purpose/Functions
Federal perspective: single, nationwide interoperable network of state-owned,
state-operated systems
Primary functions:
Advance registration
Licensure verification
Credentialing

5. Additional Functions Call down capabilities Search queries
Volunteer management
Volunteer tracking
Reporting, administrative tools

6. Texas Customizations Useful tool for locals
Integration with existing systems
Must include the lay individual
Simple, secure, 24/7/365 availability
Help build local ranks of volunteers

7. Registry Data Elements
Contact information
Military service, languages spoken
Geographical deployment preferences
Willingness to be federalized
Affiliations with other volunteer groups
Link to local volunteer groups

8. Search capabilities Profession and specialty Credentialing level
Languages spoken
DSHS Health Service Region
City and/or County
Zip code

9. Benefits of registry Resource/asset assessment
Effective utilization of assets
Automated call downs/confirmations
Rapid response to emergencies
Volunteer tracking
Administrative tools
Minimize spontaneous volunteers

10. Benefits to volunteer Liability Training Relationship building Safety
Effective use of volunteer skills
Helping your neighbors

11. Phase One Purchase technology to support registry
Ensure sustainability
Engineer linkages with key boards/regulatory entities
Engineer credentialing linkages
Identify/train state-level administrators

12. Phase One (con’t) Physicians, physician assistants
RNs, LVNs, nurse practitioners
Pharmacists, pharmacy techs & interns
EMTs/paramedics
Social workers, marriage & family therapists, licensed professional counselors

13. Phase One (con’t) Start state-level recruitment
Place Texas Disaster Volunteer Registry logo on Web sites
Populate via linkages/recruitment with state partners (TMA, TOMA, TNA, TPA)
Exercise/improve

14. Phase Two Integrate additional disciplines Dentists
Respiratory therapists & techs
Surgical technologists
Medical & clinical laboratory techs
Veterinarians
Others

15. Phase Two (con’t) Operationalize on local/regional levels
Identify local/regional administrators
Train administrators on system
Integrate linkages with local/regional volunteer systems
Assist with local/regional recruitment

16. Phase Two (con’t) Integrate Protect Texas SNS volunteers
Integrate public health staff into system
Explore linkages with faith-based and other community volunteer groups
Identify/incorporate minimal training standards/competency into system

17. Access to Registry
Local EOC, hospitals, public health: access to city/county volunteers
Health Service Regions/SNS Planners: access to volunteers in geographic area
DSHS Multi-agency Coordination Center: access to volunteers statewide

18. Registry logo/icon

19. Texas Disaster Volunteer Registry
Physicians
Local
EOC
Nurses
Local
Hospital
Texas Disaster
Volunteer
Registry
Pharmacists
Local
Public
Health
Licensure Verification
Recruitment
EMT
Paramedics
Health
Service
Region
Credentialing
Credentialing
Entities
Mental
Health
Workers
State
MACC

20. STATE Region Region Region Local Local Local Local Local Local Local

21. For more information… Belinda Hare
State Disaster Volunteer Coordinator
Texas Department of State Health Services
Phone: (512)