Notes/Action Items
Pertinent Discussion Notes:
- Target EM culture and language
- EM vocabulary and definitions challenge: different understanding of “Disaster”, etc
- Outline ESF8, public health, DE assets and capabilities
- Explain how DE informs decision-making
- Focus on DE data, metrics for decision support (e.g. “XXXX is clear, timely, consistent” and give concrete examples)
- Provide a timeline or explain timeliness of DE outputs
- Solicit info/examples of how PH/EM collaboration worked well in the past
- Create exercise templates for EM on using DE
Action steps:
- Reach out
- Jennifer Beggs will reach out to her colleagues and post info on PH/EM related to EOC activation for Hep A and PFAS
- Melissa Powell will reach out to her colleagues and post info how EM assisted PH with syndromic surveillance in OR
- Dave Zane will reach out to Herminia Alva and post CASPER documents developed for EM
- Svetlana to work with Hayleigh to identify EM/PH presenters for one of the calls, discussing collaboration lessons learned
- Workgroup members will review posted materials