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STRATEGIC GOAL: Protect Citizens
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APPENDIX B.7 Provide Healthcare Lead Individual name: Andy Mullins Lead Individual phone number: 334-206-7933 Lead Individual email: rmullins@adph.state.al.us 0 = Response missing; documentation does not address activity. 1 = Minimally responsive; documentation only indicates intention or beginning of planning for activity, or only a part of the activity has been addressed. 2 = Substantial, but incomplete response; documentation indicates that State has largely addressed activity, but response is not complete or actionable. 3 = Complete response; documentation indicates actionable plan.
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Concluding Assessment for Alabama
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Reviewers Comments
6 7 Respond
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Interoperable communications network in place between State, public health, health care community, and other sectors. Mechanism in place to address the concerns and needs of at-risk individuals and populations. Mechanism in place to provide guidance (as needed) on infection control measures for health care and non-healthcare settings Procedures for reporting available beds using National Hospital Available Beds for Emergencies and Disasters (HAvBED) System definitions Procedures for deploying and tracking volunteer health care providers using the State’s Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) requirements Procedures developed and approved by an Ethics Committee for providing for the ethical distribution of scarce medical resources among the health care community
There is no mention of redundant communications fax, pages etc that will go out with e-mails and phone 2 calls. The ALERT portal seems an excellent start
2 No mention of foreign language speakers, elderly and children
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0 = Response missing; documentation does not address activity. 1 = Minimally responsive; documentation only indicates intention or beginning of planning for activity, or only a part of the activity has been addressed. 2 = Substantial, but incomplete response; documentation indicates that State has largely addressed activity, but response is not complete or actionable. 3 = Complete response; documentation indicates actionable plan.
Score (0-3)
Reviewers Comments
Procedures to expand healthcare services into non-hospital/alternate care sites including identification of locations, scope of care, procurement of staffing, equipment, supplies 14 and pharmaceuticals Activity Added by State:
Not clear how offsite care will be staffed or where that will occur. The state plan gives that responsibility to volunteer organizations that cannot possibly handle the surge. How will hospitals and local public health 1 respond to offsite care?
15 16 Recover
Recovery mechanism in place to assist the health care community in restoring essential staffing, equipment, supplies and 17 pharmaceuticals Recovery mechanism in place for assisting with plans for restoring essential mental health, substance abuse and congregate living 18 services to pre-pandemic conditions. Recovery mechanism in place to perform after action reviews to identify strengths and 19 weaknesses in the execution of the plan
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20 Activity Added by State 21
SUM OF RATINGS 26 enter number of Activities 10 CORRESPONDING PERCENTAGE 87% ASSESSMENT
22 23 24
No Major Gaps
25 26
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STRATEGIC GOAL: Protect Citizens
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APPENDIX B.8 Manage Mass Fatalities Lead Individual name: Alice Floyd Lead Individual phone number: 334-206-3898 Lead Individual email: alicefloyd@adph.state.al.us
0 = Response missing; documentation does not address activity. 1 = Minimally responsive; documentation only indicates intention or beginning of planning for activity, or only a part of the activity has been addressed. 2 = Substantial, but incomplete resp
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Reviewers Comments
6 7 Respond and Recover
Arrange for Web-based death certificate processing and secure tracking to the State 8 Department of Health Plan for [behavioral health/grief] community education that includes an expectation of death 9 at home, not in a medical facility. Plan for [behavioral health/grief] public 10 messages to address stress management
1 Tracking sytem not yet developed
1 No system yet in place 1 No system in place yet; no specifics
11 Activity Added by State 12
3 SUM OF RATINGS 3 enter number of Activities CORRESPONDING PERCENTAGE 33% ASSESSMENT
13 14 15
Inadequate Preparedness
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