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Arkansas Dept of Health
CRA
Obstacles Met and Overcome
Pilot 2007
AND THE FUTURE
Company
LOGO
Kim R. Sutphin MPH, MBA
PHP Senior Epidemiologist
AR CRA Lead Coordinator
Acknowledge
 James Hicks – PHIN Lead Coordinator
 Alyce Wagner – Pan Flu Coordinator
 Deborah Biddle – HAN Unit Coordinator
This is B.T.
Arkansas and Dept of Health
 Arkansas & the Department of Health
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@ 2.8 million
1 Centralized Health Department
75 Counties
 5 Public Health Regions (SE, NE, C, SW, NW)
 At least 75 LHU w/few counties with more
Purpose
1. CRA Plan
2. Dates, Places, Demographics of
Pilot Sites
3. Successes and Limitations
4. What’s needed to Establish & Run
Clinics - Preparation of Pandemic
5. The Future
Put the Mask on Yourself First
Arkansas CRA Cycle
Arkansas’ CRA Plan
Leadership
Priority
Project
CRA
Standardization
Interoperability
& Integration
Option
3
Pilot
&
Exercises
How Our Agency is affected by:
• Able to Manage and Track
Countermeasure
CRA
• Quick information to make
Managerial Decisions
CRA
• Ability to Transmit
information to Partners
CRA
CRA
• Continuous Communication
Dates, Places, Demo ‘07 Pilot
Pilot 1 - 2007
Dates
Places
Demographics
Information
November 13th – Saline Co.
November 14th – Arkansas Co.
Co.
Population
Saline
Arkansas
Total Served in Pilot = 89
94,024
19,884
Successes & Limitations
Successes
Limitations
•Priority Project
•Gave direction for
Future of AR CRA
•Worked Program
and
• Identified areas to
be addressed
•Number served small
•After Mass Dispensing
of over 160,000
(240,000 by Dec 07,07)
•Lag time
•Staff unfamiliar with
system
Lessons Learned
The Future
Priority Project
• Place emphasis on systems that
will be evaluated for certification in
the coming years.
Option 3
• Adding Module
• Familiar
Add into Current
Immunization System
Establish and Run Clinic
Everything Working Together
The Future
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PHIN CRA
2010 Compliance
Standardization
Policies &
Procedures
Exercise
Exercise
Exercise
Track
Progress
ADH PHIN Team
James Hicks
PHIN Coordinator
Alyce Wagner
PCA Lead
Partner Communication and Alerting
Amanda Fincher
GIS Lead
Geographical Information Systems
Jim Files
EED Lead
Early Event Detection
Vacant (EPI)
OMS Lead
Outbreak Management System
Kim Sutphin
CRA Lead
Countermeasure and Response Administration
Charles McGee
CLS Lead
Connecting Laboratory Systems
Swee Ang
IDE Lead
Interoperable Data Exchange
Mike Wilson
EOC Lead
Emergency Operation Center
Additional advisory team members
Cathy Flanagin
Haytham Safi
Deborah Biddle
Keith Burns
Thank You