Sharing Public Health Information with Non-Public Health Partners
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Objective The objective of this project is to provide a technical mechanism for information to be easily and securely shared between public health ESSENCE users and non-public health partners; specifically, emergency management, law enforcement, and the first responder community. This capability allows public health officials to analyze incoming data and create interpreted information to be shared with others. These interpretations are stored securely and can be viewed by approved users and captured by authorized software systems. This project provides tools that can enhance emergency management situational awareness of public health events. It also allows external partners a mechanism for providing feedback to support public health investigations.
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