Pandemic - Business Continuity Planning
| From medical authorities such as NHS to businesses looking to ensure Business Continuity, here are examples of how our web conferencing and collaboration platform is being used today to prepare for pandemic outbreaks. |  |
We all hope the avian flu virus does not mutate into a strain that is easily transmissible among people, possibly setting off a pandemic. Medical Authorities and governments around the world are taking measures to combat the deadly bird flu virus, but emphasis is now moving to methods of control, communicate, and cure. Of course business also need to be prepared to ensure their business can continue operations.
In September of 2006, the Health Officers Association of California selected Interwise for the first state wide collaboration platform for managing contagious disease threats. Out of a review of 47 collaborative products, Interwise Connect was named the clear winner by participating health officers and lab directors for its intuitive ease-of-use—a critical ingredient for a system that would used to connect hundreds or even thousands of health professionals during a crisis. To read more, click here.
In the UK, the National Hospital Authority (NHS) has deployed
our internet based conferencing platform to disseminate information
and "get as much information as possible to as many people as possible
in as short a time as possible; delivered by the experts on the subject.”
In the US, “The conferencing, collaboration and distance learning capabilities that Interwise provides to our Health Alert Network solutions play a key role in enabling federal, state and local health departments to share vital health care data in real-time...".
Here is a customer example of a health portal setup to provide training and health live/recorded health alerts/information.
The Hospital Authority of Hong Kong has released this report: Contingency Plan for Avian Influenza Pandemic.
| Medical Resources & Links |
Below
are some links to pandemic / medical resources:
1. WHO Checklist
for influenza pandemic preparedness planning
2. UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan
3. Infectious Disease Control Training Centre
5. Centre for Health Protection
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