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SECURES
Secure Electronic Communication,
Urgent Response, and Exchange System
The Washington State Secure Electronic
Communication, Urgent Response and Exchange System (SECURES) is a web
site that will allow Washington public health and emergency response
partners to communicate and collaborate securely and quickly.
This web site’s features include:
- Secure Emergency
Call Down.
The system assures that public health colleagues can
contact each other on a secure web site, receive accurate and up-to-date
information, and communicate during a bioterrorism or other public
health emergency on a 24-hours-a-day/7-days-a-week basis.
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Track down.
Public
health officials can be assured of contact in an emergency because
the WA-SECURES system uses multiple methods of communication
including voice, email, and text messaging, to notify recipients of
a message.
- Health Alerts.
The
system will distribute health alerts from the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) and Washington State, to state and local public health and
emergency response workers. Users will have the ability to hold secure
online discussions with each other, as well as send targeted and
broadcast e-mail, pages, and text messages.
- Document
Collaboration
– The system allows users to securely collaborate on and
share documents; making SECURES a system that can be used for
preparedness planning as well as emergency response.
- Public Health
Directory
– The system features a contact directory for emergency
preparedness, and public health personnel. The directory is housed
centrally on SECURES, but is locally maintained and administered and is
designed to meet Public Health Information Network (PHIN) standards.
The first phase of SECURES was implemented in Fall 2005.
That phase focused on the emergency call-down function by moving Health
Alert distribution to SECURES.
If you have questions or need further information about
SECURES, contact:
Robert Scheel
WA-SECURES Project Manager
robert.scheel@doh.wa.gov
360.236.4361
SECURES Fact Sheet (PDF format)
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