Status

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Status Accomplishments of the NPR Task Force

• Rosemary Nelson
• Chairperson, HIMSS NPR Task Force
• February 24, 2004

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HIMSS National Preparedness Response
(NPR) Task Force

• Background
• Overview of National Landscape
• Meeting HIMSS Strategic Goals
• NPR Task Force Goals/Position Statement
• Objectives
• Update on Current Initiatives
• New NPR Initiatives
• Disaster Management Resources
• Opportunities to become Involved!!

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Background
National Preparedness Response (NPR) Task Force

• HIMSS requested to participate in National
  Initiatives
  
• Member, Framework for the Information Technology
  Infrastructure for Bioterrorism
  
• RAND, Science Technology Policy Institute
• Participant, Frontline of Medicine Delphi Survey
• Association of Emergency Room Physicians
• Contributor/Interviewee, Professional journals
• Define National Strategy, National Health
  Information Infrastructure (NHII)
  
• Homeland Security Track
• HIMSS decided to take central role in supporting
  members in this topic area-10/02

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National LandscapeWhy HIMSS is Involved

• Health care delivery is critical to rapid ID and
  resolution of any crisis (National or Regional,
  Man-made or a Natural Disaster)
  
• Lives and resources saved by forethought and
  action on the part of the health care community.
  
  
• Critical Infrastructure Protection Directive, PDD
  63 Health Care identified as 1 of 8 critical
  infrastructure domains requiring industry-wide
  leadership
• The Bush Administration has made the healthcare
  industrys preparedness part of its overall
  national security agenda, working with Congress
  to allocate over 7 billion for disaster
  management and recovery.

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Meeting HIMSS Strategic Goals

•  Supports the HIMSS Mission The NPR Task Force
  to a committee directly supports the HIMSS
  Strategic Plan for 2004-2007, which identifies
  the HIMSS mission To be the trusted sources for
  knowledge, advocacy, leadership, collaboration,
  and community affiliation.
• Membership Development The NPR Task Force meets
  the needs of HIMSS corporate and individual
  audiences working in the national preparedness
  arena, and provides HIMSS the venue to establish
  a thought leadership position in national
  preparedness among its membership that is not
  found elsewhere.

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NPR Task Force Position Statement

• The NPR Task Force takes a leadership position in
  advocating the following
  
• Development deployment of enhanced surveillance
  methods and technologies to detect, manage, and
  prevent public health crises
  
• Enhanced members understanding of crises
  coordination processes used by national, federal,
  state, local, public entities
  
• Create, document, share recommended standards,
  techniques, best practices, resources, and case
  studies

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NPR Task Force Position Statement (continued)

• Identify communicate pilot efforts and best
  practices currently underway
  
• Coordinate creation of a blueprint to serve as
  a checklist to monitor progress in critical
  areas
  
• (e.g., infrastructure deployment, standards,
  training)
  
• Track usage of public/private resources for
  emergency preparedness, and encouragement of
  health institutions to raise capital for
  preparedness response efforts

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NPR Task Force Goals

• Enhance the preparedness of Americas communities
  in advance of, and in response to, expected
  unexpected public health crises
  
• Enhance our Nations level of preparedness and
  response through a program of activities
  
• Participate and partner with other affiliates to
  advance preparedness, as well as be a force of
  pragmatism and action
  
• Educate HIMSS members

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Overview of NPR Task Force Inaugural Year
Activities

• Conducted a three-phased NPR Survey to assess the
  current US healthcare preparedness
  
• Developed a BioTerrorism Preparedness Research
  Grid
  
• formally submitted to the HHS CIO and the Program
  Manager for the Federal Health Architecture
  Initiative
  
• Wrote an NPR white paper, entitled, Health
  Providers Disaster Preparedness and Response A
  Proposed Model for Information Technology
  Solution
• Created the HIMSS Emergency Preparedness and
  Disaster Recovery CD-ROM

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Update on NPR Initiatives
National Preparedness Response (NPR) Task Force

• Emergency Preparedness Response Survey
• Conducted survey to identify the needs of a
  public consumer/HIMSS members with regard to
  healthcare information management in disaster and
  bio-defense events.
• Response rates/Results
• 527 Surveys completed
• Standards (62), Infrastructure (80) and Vision
  (70) are all areas in need of focus/improvement
  
• Dr. Helga Rippens presentation next on agenda

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Update on NPR Initiatives
National Preparedness Response (NPR) Task Force

• Health Care Information Sharing and Analysis
  Center (HCISAC)
  
• In partnership w/Department of Health and Human
  Services, in establishing a HCISAC to improve the
  confidentiality, integrity, state of liability,
  availability of the national health information
  infrastructure to better serve patients,
  emergency services and national health
  security.
• Process evolving HIMSS Role being defined

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Update on NPR Initiatives

• Creation of Resources
• Resource Grid
• Completion of a comprehensive, central repository
  documenting existing preparedness initiatives
  
• Available for membership access on HIMSS website
• Grid updated monthly
• Next steps
• Web-enabling document
• Creating mechanism by which updates can be
  submitted by membership
  
• CD of presentations, disaster management plans,
  etc.

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Update on NPR Initiatives

• White Paper Health Providers' Disaster
  Preparedness and Response  A Framework for an
  Information Technology Solution
  
• Document provides a springboard for discussion
  about the construction of a nationally deployed
  health information infrastructure that can
  aggregate and analyze critical health data, while
  simultaneously providing bi-directional
  communication between the key constituencies
  involved during times of national disasters and
  emergencies.
• Next steps Industry and Government leaders to
  meet for focus groups in Atlanta and at Annual
  Conference
  
• Focus group discussions will lead to second
  draft
  
• http//www.himss.org/content/files/LeiferWhitePape
  r06092003.pdf
  

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2004/05 HIMSS NPR Priorities

• Coordinating an effort with the HIMSS Knowledge
  Management Special Interest Group
  
• Focused concentration on disaster management and
  use of disaster informatics technologies
  
• New Initiatives and Subject Matter Experts are
  Welcome!!
  

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Sources for More Information
National Preparedness Response (NPR) Task Force

• HIMSS website-Advocacy 2003-2004 Agenda NPR
  Position paper/Goals Resource Grid (4/03) White
  Paper (5/03)
  
• www.himss.org
• Legislation Inquiries/Updates
• http//thomas.loc.gov
• AHRQ-sponsored Web assisted audio conferences
  (3/3 4/15/ 2)
  
• http//www.hsrnet.net/ahrq-ulp/bioterrorism
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• http//www.cdc.gov/cic/functions-specs
• National Academy of Sciences
• http//www.nationalacademies.org/topnews/tn1119
• Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense
  Strategies
  
• http//www.hopkins-biodefense.org/index.html
• AHRQ and University of Alabama-AHRQs
  Bioterrorism Emerging Infection Site
  
• http//www.bioterrorism.uab.edu
• RAND Center for Domestic and International Health
  Security
  
• www.rand.org/health/healthsecurity

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Sources for More Information

• Medical Group Management Association
  http//www.mgma.com
  
• Department of Homeland Security
  http//www.dhs.gov
  
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  http//www.fema.gov
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  http//www.cdc.gov
  
• American Red Cross http//www.redcross.org
• Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance
  http//www.sba.gov/disaster
  
• Institute for Business Home Safety
  http//www.ibhs.org
  
• National Committee for Employer Support of the
  Guard and Reserve http//www.esgr.org
  
• Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian
  Biodefense Studies http//www.hopkins-biodefense.o
  rg
  
• Bioterrorism Practical Readiness Network
  (Bio-PRN) http//www.mgma.com

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• As a healthcare industry leader, HIMSS NPR Task
  Force serves a critical role in extending HIMSS
  members expertise to disaster management.
  
• For more information, contact Rosemary Nelson,
  HIMSS NPR Task Force Chairperson at
  RNe5696621_at_earthlink.net