Illinois SIREN: Public Health Emergency Alerting System

1. Illinois Department of Public Health Office of Information Technology

2. Use of SIREN • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mandates that all states have a Health Alert Network (HAN). • SIREN is the official Public Health Emergency Alerting System for Illinois. It is administered by the Illinois Department of Health. • SIREN use and training is available to local public health jurisdictions, hospitals, and other public health partners for emergency planning and response to public health events.

3. Purpose of SIREN • Support emergency preparedness planning and communication in preparation, before, during, and after a public health emergency • Facilitate alerting, notification, and collaboration between: state, federal, and local public health emergency preparedness partners on a 24/7/365 basis

4. Siren Licenses – Allows individuals from different agencies/organizations to have various levels of access & responsibility • Alerting: • Ability to view the directory • Access to document center with reader rights • Receive & confirm an alert • Collaborator: • Same rights as alerting, plus… • Access to document center to create folders & documents • Ability to send an alert • Administrator: • Same rights as alerting & collaboration, plus… • Ability to create new users, roles, & organizational units • Ability to run reports • Responsible for keeping the role structure current by managing their organization

5. Primary Functions of SIREN • Alerting • Email • Fax • Phone (landline and cell) • Alphanumeric Pager • Directory • All SIREN Partners • Role Based • Document Center • Collaboration

6. Alerting • Alerts can be received multiple ways • Email • Fax • Phone • Alphanumeric pager • Participants determine how they receive alerts based on priority levels (Self Administered Profiles) • High • Medium • Low • Current alerts are always posted on the SIREN homepage

7. Directory: Illinois Partners • Public Health Partners • Long Term Care Facilities • Medical Health Centers • Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) • Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium (NICHP) • Other States • Indiana • Iowa • Missouri • Wisconsin

8. Directory: Local Jurisdictions • Laboratory Director • LHD Administrator • LHD Staff • PH Emergency Training • Coordinator • PH EOC Manager • PH Medical Director • PH PIO • PRA • Public Health Nursing • Director • SNS Coordinator • ERC & Preparedness Coordinator • Chief Epidemiologist • Chief Veterinarian • Communicable Disease Coordinator • Disease Surveillance Supervisor • Environmental Health Director • Epidemiologist • HAN Coordinator • Immunization Director

9. Directory: Hospitals • Hospital EMS Systems • Coordinator • Hospital ERC and • Preparedness Coordinator • Hospital ICP • Hospital Laboratory • Hospital PIO – Comm. • Hospital PRA • Hospital QA • Hospital Security • Hospital Staff • Hospital Admin CEO • Hospital Chem Pak • Hospital Director of Nursing • Hospital ED Director – Manager • Hospital ED Nurse • Hospital ED Physician • Hospital CMS Medical Director

10. Document Center • Restricted Access • Sensitive information can be restricted to appropriate users. • Version Control • Ability to store all past versions of a document. • Subscription Feature • Users can sign up to receive notification when changes are made to documents/folders

11. Requirements of SIREN Users • Confirmation of alerts within mandated times. • Log into the system every 45 days to view, update, and save your profile. • Password re-set every 90 days.

12. SIREN Support To request access, training, or assistance, contact the SIREN Team Email Dph.han@illinois.gov CMS Customer Service Center 1-800-366-8768 Option 1 then Option 4