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<td height="30px"><h2><span class="title">Adapting Community Call Centers for Crisis Support</span></h2></td>
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<td><div id="centerContent"><p><strong>Public Health Emergency Preparedness</strong></p> <div class="headnote">
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<h2>Chapter 1. Final Products </h2>
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<p>This report describes the development, testing, and implementation of the
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Health Emergency Line for the Pubic (HELP)—a model to enable community health
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call centers, such as poison control centers, nurse advice lines, and other
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hotlines, to support home-management and shelter-in-place approaches in certain
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mass casualty or health emergency events. </p>
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<p>The report presents four products, introduced here, to help community health
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call centers and public health and public safety agency planners adapt their
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call centers for surge response during a public health emergency. Following
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chapters provide the background, methodology, and results of the project
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as well as some recommendations.</p>
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<h3><a name="National" id="National"></a>1. National Planning Scenarios Analysis
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Matrix</h3>
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<p>We reviewed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Planning
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Scenarios and developed a matrix that summarizes the 15 scenarios for which
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emergency planners should develop response capabilities. Using the same set
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of scenarios will allow for a common language of response planning and capabilities
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development, so that best practices can be shared and adapted between agencies
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and localities. After summarizing each scenario, the matrix shows the six
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response capabilities that community health call centers can provide. The
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National Planning Scenarios Analysis
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Matrix (<a href="callapp1.htm">Appendix 1</a>) lists each
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scenario and indicates which health call center capabilities correspond to the expected
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response needs of communities. </p>
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<p>Call centers can use the matrix to determine whether they are prepared to
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provide response capabilities for the scenarios most likely to occur in the
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communities they serve. The matrix can help frame discussions among public
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health and public safety agency planners so that community health call centers
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can be integrated into planning and responses, both as a resource and as
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critical infrastructure. </p>
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<h3><a name="Potential" id="Potential"></a>2. Potential Health Call Center Capabilities
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for Four National Planning Scenarios</h3>
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<p>We determined four National Planning Scenarios for which we determined that
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call centers had the best capabilities and developed a detailed list of all
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the applicable capabilities (<a href="callapp2.htm">Appendix
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2</a>). This document can assist call centers
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and public health agencies in determining the expected health needs for each
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scenario and selecting those for which they may want to plan. </p>
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<h3><a name="HELP" id="HELP"></a>3. Suggested Elements for Public Health Information
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and Decision Support Hotlines: the Health Emergency Line for the Public (HELP)
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Model</h3>
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<p><a href="callapp3.htm">Appendix 3</a> describes many
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of the essential components of the HELP model.
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The HELP program serves as Denver Health's operational platform for
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disseminating and collecting consistent, accurate, and up-to-date information,
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in partnership with public health agencies, during bioterrorism and other
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public health emergencies. The goal is to provide self-service information
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to the public so that they can make informed decisions about their health
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concerns. The structure and adaptability of the HELP model have allowed Denver
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Health to effectively respond to major health events, such as West Nile Virus
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(WNV) and influenza outbreaks. Community health call centers can use Appendix
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3 begin to develop similar capabilities within their existing infrastructure.</p>
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<p>A more complete discussion of the requirements for general call center infrastructure
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(people, processes, and technology) can be found in the Health Emergency
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Assistance Line and Triage Hub (HEALTH) Model. The HEALTH model is discussed
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in <a href="call2.htm">Chapter 2</a>
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and <a href="call3.htm">Chapter 3</a>,
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and the full report is available
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at <a href="/research/health/">https://www.ahrq.gov/research/health/</a>.</p>
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<p>We strongly urge any call center attempting to provide these community services
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to do so in cooperation with the appropriate public health authority. That
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is, the authority that, by statute, is responsible for coordinating health
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and medical services following a major disaster or emergency or during a
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developing potential medical situation. Coordination with the health authority
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will help ensure overall consistency with other response measures in the
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community.</p>
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<h3><a name="IR" id="IR"></a>4. Interactive Response (IR) Applications</h3>
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<p><a href="callapp4.htm">Appendix 4</a> provides the
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blueprint for other call centers to develop similar capabilities within their
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own infrastructure and using their own equipment. It includes full details of
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the planning, analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of the four IR
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applications that we developed:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Quarantine/Isolation (QI) Monitoring (outbound application).</li>
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<li> Drug Identification (DI) (inbound application).</li>
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<li>Point of Dispensing (POD) (inbound application).</li>
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<li>Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) Library (inbound application).</li>
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</ul>
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<p>An IR system with applications such as these allows callers to use their touch-tone
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phones to automatically retrieve information during a public health emergency.
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Since we had previously purchased an IR system, we designed the IR applications
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to use the available features of our equipment. We contracted with an IR
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consultant and developer to oversee the development of the applications in
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accordance with our business requirements and specifications. The IR consultant
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developed the applications, provided administration and maintenance training
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for our internal technology staff, and assisted with modifications to the
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applications after testing in two exercises. Our internal technology staff
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made the appropriate programming changes to our telephone switch to support
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the IR applications. Through this process, our technology staff acquired
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some training on IR programming and can make certain modifications to the
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applications without requiring an IR consultant.</p>
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<p>Call centers that have an IR system can contract with an IR consultant
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or use internal technology staff to program similar tools. Planners can review
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the <a href="callapp4.htm">Appendix 4</a> with internal
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technology staff to determine how best to develop the desired capabilities
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with available resources. Call centers that want to purchase an IR system can
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use the information in this appendix to help select equipment to meet their
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business needs and specifications. Call centers that cannot invest in such
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technology can still use the appendix to develop call handling procedures
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that their staff can use to provide the same capabilities to the public. </p>
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<p>These four products were developed for the four specific planning scenarios
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but can be adapted to others as appropriate. Together, they cover the full
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range of capabilities that community health call centers can provide.</p>
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<p class="size2"><a href="index.html#contents">Return to Contents</a><br /><a href="call2.htm">Proceed to Next Section</a></p>
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