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MANAGEMENT
In Emergency
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, the participant should be able to:
Describe the importance of good information as applied to
health emergency management
Understand information management process
Describe components of health information management
system
Discuss roles of health emergency management in health
information management systems
Discuss main challenges for health information
management
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Q&A
How do health information management
systems support health emergency
management?
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How Do Information Management Systems Support
Health Emergency Management Functions?
Health information
Early warning and systems
alerting systems
Response coordination
Training needs analysis
Mass casualty
and development
management
Monitoring and
Logistics and
evaluation
supplies
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Information needs in emergency
management
pre-disaster activities: analysis and research (to improve the
existing knowledge base), risk assessment, prevention,
mitigation and preparedness; and
post-disaster activities: response, rehabilitation and
reconstruction.
Group Activity
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Group Activity
Identify the information management requirements
Plenary Session
What different information and sources of information
may there be in preparedness versus response phases?
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Information Management - the Process
Monitoring / Evaluation
Information Flows
gathering
disseminating
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Group Activity
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Sources of Information
for Health Emergency Response: Warning Systems
Warning systems
warning systems should be developed for covering some
key areas such as :
outbreaks of disease & epidemics
population movements
war
Warning Systems:
a Tool for Health Emergency Response
warning systems should produce appropriate
response to minimize harm
warning messages should :
provide timely information about an impending
emergency
state the actions to be taken to reduce loss of life,
injury…
state the consequence of the failure to heed the
warning
be short, simple and precise
contain active verbs
repeat information regularly
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Sources of Information for
Health Emergency Response: Surveillance
Aims and objectives of public health surveillance
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Steps in Establishing Surveillance Systems
in Emergencies
Concentrate on mortality and key morbidities (diseases
with high burden and / or outbreak potential)
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Sources of Information in Health Emergency
Management: Operational Research
Operational Research from past emergencies provide
experience and guidance for both risk planning and
operational response.
Assess needs of disaster affected populations
Provide data for analysis of risk factors
Match resources to needs to prevent further adverse health
effects.
Evaluate program effectiveness
Assess long term effects of emergencies and interventions
to emergencies
Provide guidance in future emergencies
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Operational Research: a Tool for Health
Emergency Management
Optional Operational Research studies should
augment response decision making. Needless
research drains resources and interferes with
response operations.
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Further Resources: Emergency Related Journals
/ Text
Journal of
PREHOSPITAL
AND DISASTER
MEDICINE
Médicine Pre-Hospitalière et
Médicine de Catastrophe
Medicina Prehospitalária y de
Catástrofes
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Further Resources: On-line, up-to-date Information on
Disasters
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Roles of the Health Emergency Manager in Managing
Health Information?
Analysis of data and information; identification of gaps
Dissemination of information to
• Guide decision makers
• Determine operational responses
• Inform the public
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Challenges for Health Information Management:
Information Credibility
Information credibility is enhanced through
collection, analysis and delivery by known,
credible persons or organisations
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Learning Objectives a review
By the end of this session, if the participant should be able to:
Describe the importance of good information as applied to
health emergency management
Understand information management process
Describe components of health information management
system
Discuss roles of health emergency management in health
information management systems
Discuss main challenges for health information
management
THANK YOU
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