5th Annual Virginia Interoperable Communications Conference

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5th Annual Virginia Interoperable Communications
Conference
September 30-October 1, 2008 Norfolk, VA
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• Crisis Management Systems and GIS
• A discussion on providing interoperability
  through effective situation awareness
• September 30, 2008
• 230pm
• Moderator Mark Penn, City of Alexandria
• Panelists Chris McIntosh, Virginia Department of
  Emergency Management
• Charles Werner, City of Charlottesville
• Steve Ennis, Virginia Hospitals and Healthcare
  Association

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Chris McIntosh

• Virginia Department of Emergency Management

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Data Sharing in WebEOC

• WebEOC dual commit with NCR
• Next generation WebEOC Fusion
• Being introduced in NOVA and Hampton Roads
• VDEM publishes boards and controls permissions
• Locality, other states, or agencies subscribes
• Data queued and maintained if network connection
  between servers severed
• Moving forward with implementation at VDEM

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Types of Data Consumed by Operations
Centers Static and Event Data
Event Data Live Feeds Transactional Databases
Static Data Updated Less Frequently Than Nightly
. . . Real Time Access for Incident Response
Activities.
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Data Sharing
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Common Operating Picture

• Ability to effectively collect and manage
  information from disparate sources
• Commonly referenced
• Supports real-time data collection
• Flexible information architecture
• Distill large volumes of data into relevant,
  meaningful and actionable information /
  intelligence
• Discover patterns, trends and relationships
• Ability to create repeatable and sharable
  information and models
• Support more informed decision-making
• Exchange information with internal and external
  partners effectively and timely
• Increased capability to rapidly process and
  disseminate information resulting in enhanced
  protection of people and assets
• Provide a flexible information exchange platform
  to rapidly integrate new/additional information
  across centralized and remote operating
  environments
• Interoperate with other systems using open
  standards

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COP Requirements

• Display multiple information sources in one panel
• Pick and choose sources
• Filter data
• Configure presentation
• View data in Tabular or Chart format
• Make information that needs immediate attention
  stand out

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Chief Charles WernerCharlottesville Fire
Department Chair, SAFECOM Executive Committee
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Steve Ennis

• Virginia Hospitals and Healthcare Association

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Building of Public/Private Partnership

• VHHA established and initiated working group of
  hospital leaders in late 2001.
• VHHA/VDH jointly developed applications for HRSA
  grant (received 4/2001).

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Regions
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Culture of Cooperation

• Surge Capabilities
• Regional Healthcare Response Systems
• Regional Hospital Coordinating Centers
• Cross Regional/Statewide Coordination

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RHCC Functions

• Activate the RHCC and regional plan at request of
  VDH and/or per regional plan
• Collect or distribute emergency information
  within the region at request of VDH and/or per
  regional plan

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RHCC Functions

• Coordinate hospital emergency response activities
  at request of VDH and within the scope of the
  regional plan
• Participate on communications exercises and drills

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RHCC Functions

• Coordinate diversion status/patient distribution
  within region as defined in the regional plan
• Coordinate regional sharing of healthcare
  resources during emergencies based on guidelines
  developed in regional plan

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Healthcare Coordinating Function
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Online Status System

• Virginia Healthcare Alerting and Status System
  (VHASS)
• Began development late 2002
• Started as grant administrative page
• Secure site for healthcare providers
• Combination of homegrown and vendor products
• Virginia Hospital dataset was the basis of the
  national HAvBED (Hospital Available Beds for
  Emergencies and Disasters)

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Regional Diversion URLs
Central https//central.diversion.vhha-mci.org/
Eastern https//eastern.diversion.vhha-mci.org/
Far Southwest https//farsouthwest.diversion.vhh
a-mci.org/ Near Southwest https//nearsouthwest.
diversion.vhha-mci.org/ Northern https//northern
va.diversion.vhha-mci.org/ Northwest https//nor
thwest.diversion.vhha-mci.org/
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Moving Forward

• Interface with jurisdictional WebEOC websites
• Information sharing (mapping)
• Resource Tracking
• Patient Tracking
• Alerting

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Challenges

• HIPAA
• Private Sector Status
• Limits access to funds
• Healthcares Primary Functions
• Be in business

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Questions?
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5th Annual Virginia Interoperable Communications
Conference
September 30-October 1, 2008 Norfolk, VA
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