watrac: washington’s healthcare incident management system
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WATrac: Washington’s Healthcare Incident Management System. Meeting Agenda. History & Overview Product Demo Implementation Process Overview Questions/Next Steps. A Coordinated Healthcare Response. Needs: Communications Coordination Information Management Situational Awareness - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WATrac: Washington’s Healthcare Incident Management System
Meeting Agenda
• History & Overview
• Product Demo
• Implementation Process Overview
• Questions/Next Steps
A Coordinated Healthcare Response
• Needs:
– Communications Coordination
– Information Management
– Situational Awareness
– Resource & Pharmaceutical Tracking
– Alerting Capabilities for Response Partners
• Solution: WATrac
What is WATrac?
• WATrac is an Incident Management system designed to support health and medical response throughout Washington State
• Web-based Application
– Vendor: Imagetrend (Minneapolis, MN)
– Remote Hosted (Minneapolis & Chicago)
– Unlimited Logins
– HIPAA Compliant
Spokane
San Juan
Island
Pierce
King
Snohomish
Skagit
Whatcom
Clallam
Jefferson
GraysHarbor
Thurston
Kitsap
Clark
Cowlitz
Lewis
SkamaniaWahkiakum
Mason
Yakima
Chelan
Okanogan Ferry
Stevens
Lincoln
Kittitas Whitman
Klickitat
Benton Walla Walla
Columbia
Garfield
Asotin
Franklin
AdamsGrant
Douglas
Pacific
PendOreille
8
2
1
6
53
4
7
9
Counties Using WATrac – March 2009
Statewide Implementation
• Contract between PHSKC and DOH– Barbara Andrews, Statewide Implementation Manager
– Que Mathis, Staff Assistant
– Allison Schletzbaum, Project & Technical Guidance
– Margaret Hansen, DOH contact
• WATrac Users Group– Four representatives from hospitals, local public health, EMS
– Statewide members
– Guide future implementation of WATrac
Phase 1 – Current Usage
• Emergency Department Diversion Status
• Hospital Bed Availability
Tracking ED Status
Bed Tracking
Regional Status
WATrac During an Emergency Event
• Keep in touch with healthcare partners
• Automatic bed counts statewide
• Resource matching
• On-line chat and conferencing for real-time communication
• Public portal for reuniting families
Event Alerting
Reporting & Exporting
Resource & Pharmaceutical Tracking
Knowledgebase
Command Center
Configuration Process
• Meeting configuration decisions
• Software configured based on group’s decisions
• Training on product
• Practice data entry
• System goes live for your healthcare sector
QUESTIONS?
Contact Information
• Barbara Andrews
– 206-263-8718
• Allison Schletzbaum
– 206-263-8720
• Margaret Hansen
– 360-236-4026