Transcript Illinois Department of Public Health Office of Information Technology

Illinois Department of Public Health
Office of Information Technology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) mandates that all states have a Health
Alert Network (HAN).
SIREN is the official Public Health Emergency
Alerting System for Illinois. It is administered by
the Illinois Department of Health.
SIREN use and training is available to local public
health jurisdictions, hospitals, and other public
health partners for emergency planning and
response to public health events.
Support emergency preparedness planning
and communication in preparation, before,
during, and after a public health emergency
Facilitate alerting, notification, and
collaboration between: state, federal, and
local public health emergency preparedness
partners on a 24/7/365 basis
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Alerting:
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Collaborator:
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Administrator:
◦ Ability to view the directory
◦ Access to document center with reader rights
◦ Receive & confirm an alert
◦ Same rights as alerting, plus…
◦ Access to document center to create folders & documents
◦ Ability to send an alert
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Same rights as alerting & collaboration, plus…
Ability to create new users, roles, & organizational units
Ability to run reports
Responsible for keeping the role structure current by managing
their organization
Alerting
 Email
 Fax
 Phone (landline and cell)
 Alphanumeric Pager
Directory
 All SIREN Partners
 Role Based
Document Center
 Collaboration
Alerts can be received multiple ways
Email
 Fax
 Phone
 Alphanumeric pager
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Participants determine how they receive alerts
based on priority levels (Self Administered Profiles)
High
 Medium
 Low
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Current alerts are always posted on the SIREN
homepage
Public Health Partners
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Long Term Care Facilities
Medical Health Centers
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC)
Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium (NICHP)
Other States
 Indiana
 Iowa
 Missouri
 Wisconsin
ERC & Preparedness
Coordinator
Chief Epidemiologist
Chief Veterinarian
Communicable Disease
Coordinator
Disease Surveillance
Supervisor
Environmental Health Director
Epidemiologist
HAN Coordinator
Immunization Director
INEDSS
Laboratory Director
LHD Administrator
LHD Staff
PH Emergency Training
Coordinator
PH EOC Manager
PH Medical Director
PH PIO
PRA
Public Health Nursing
Director
SNS Coordinator
Hospital Admin CEO
Hospital Chem Pak
Hospital Director of
Nursing
Hospital ED Director –
Manager
Hospital ED Nurse
Hospital ED Physician
Hospital CMS Medical
Director
Hospital EMS Systems
Coordinator
Hospital ERC and
Preparedness Coordinator
Hospital ICP
Hospital INEDSS
Hospital Laboratory
Hospital PIO – Comm.
Hospital PRA
Hospital QA
Hospital Security
Hospital Staff
Restricted Access
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Sensitive information can be restricted to
appropriate users.
Version Control
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Ability to store all past versions of a document.
Subscription Feature
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Users can sign up to receive notification when
changes are made to documents/folders
Confirmation of alerts within mandated
times.
Log into the system every 45 days to view,
update, and save your profile.
Password re-set every 90 days.
To request access, training, or
assistance, contact the SIREN Team
Email
[email protected]
CMS Customer Service Center
1-800-366-8768
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