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Measuring Preparedness
Incident
& Information Management
National
Confidence Interval
7.2 - 8.5
National
Preparedness Level
7.9
What it Means
The ability to establish and maintain a unified and coordinated operational structure with processes that appropriately integrate all critical stakeholders and support the execution of core capabilities and incident objectives. This sub-domain includes the capability to direct and support an event or incident with public health or medical implications by establishing a standardized, scalable management system consistent with the National Incident Management System and coordinating activities above the field level by sharing information, developing strategy and tactics, and managing resources to assist with coordination of operations in the field.
Incident & Information Management Sub-domains
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State public health laboratory uses a rapid method (e.g., Health Alert Network (HAN), blast e-mail or fax) to send messages to their sentinel clinical laboratories and other partners.
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State all hazards emergency management program is accredited by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP).
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Percent of local health departments in the state with an emergency preparedness coordinator for states with local health departments, excludes Rhode Island and Hawaii.
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State public health laboratory has a 24/7/365 contact system in place to use in case of an emergency.
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State uses a system for tracking hospital bed availability during emergencies.
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Average number of minutes for state health department staff with incident management lead roles to report for immediate emergency response duty.
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State has adopted or implemented the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
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State requires health care facilities to report health care associated infections to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Health Safety Network (NHSN) or other systems.
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State law includes a general provision regulating the release of personally identifiable information (PII) held by the health department.
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State law requires health care facilities to report communicable diseases to a health department.
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State has adopted Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) legislation.
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