CERT Roundtable

Emergency ResponseEmergency Response -- Public -- Public Health and Medical PerspectivesHealth and Medical Perspectives

Prof. Sharad MehrotraProf. Sharad Mehrotra

►2:30PM– Guided tour of CERT, Rescue, and Demo Session in Calit22:30PM– Guided tour of CERT, Rescue, and Demo Session in Calit2

Bren School’s Center for Emergency Response Technologies (CERT)

• Created in 2007 with the mission to lead Created in 2007 with the mission to lead research, research, technology development & coordinationtechnology development & coordination of of ongoing research projects on role of IT to improving ongoing research projects on role of IT to improving emergency response. emergency response. NSF funded ITR-RESCUE NSF funded ITR-RESCUE NSF funded Responsphere InfrastructureNSF funded Responsphere Infrastructure

• Inherits the structure and resources from these Inherits the structure and resources from these projects:projects: Access to first responders, government agencies, Access to first responders, government agencies,

advisory boards, industrial partnersadvisory boards, industrial partners hardware & software artifacts, research directions, ..hardware & software artifacts, research directions, ..

CERT Goals

• Provide a forum for academia, industry, and Provide a forum for academia, industry, and government agencies to meet & exchange government agencies to meet & exchange ideas.ideas.

• Opportunity for UCI faculty to identify Opportunity for UCI faculty to identify potentially interesting and collaborative potentially interesting and collaborative research directions. research directions.

CERT Research

• Organized into two components:Organized into two components: Basic ResearchBasic Research::

• Catastrophe resilient robust infrastructure, new Catastrophe resilient robust infrastructure, new models for information sharing, situational awareness models for information sharing, situational awareness from multimodal data, customized information from multimodal data, customized information dissemination, privacy in data collection. dissemination, privacy in data collection.

System ArtifactsSystem Artifacts: : • Derivative products of basic researchDerivative products of basic research• Disaster Portal, Integrated Warning System, Metasim, Disaster Portal, Integrated Warning System, Metasim,

EvacPack, Information Dashboard, Family EvacPack, Information Dashboard, Family Reunification system, …Reunification system, …

CERT Organization

• Funded Research ProjectsFunded Research Projects E.g., RESCUE, ResponsphereE.g., RESCUE, Responsphere Many proposals currently under reviewMany proposals currently under review

• Industry Sponsored/collaborative VerticalsIndustry Sponsored/collaborative Verticals Metasim Vertical ( ImageCat)Metasim Vertical ( ImageCat) Short Notice Alerting System (SBC)Short Notice Alerting System (SBC) Family Reunification Vertical (ongoing Family Reunification Vertical (ongoing

discussions with VDT)discussions with VDT) Donation management system (ongoing Donation management system (ongoing

discussions with Red Cross). discussions with Red Cross).

CERT Activities

• Seminars and talks – approx. once every monthSeminars and talks – approx. once every month• Roundtables to explore new research directionsRoundtables to explore new research directions

Emergency response – public health & medicine perspectiveEmergency response – public health & medicine perspective (today)(today)

In the near futureIn the near future … … • Why is Information Sharing amongst Emergency Response Why is Information Sharing amongst Emergency Response

organizations still an open challenge? organizations still an open challenge? current practice, what has current practice, what has changed since set up of DHS, what challenges lie ahead?changed since set up of DHS, what challenges lie ahead?

• Is privacy at odds with national security?Is privacy at odds with national security? Technological, policy, Technological, policy, social, and law enforcement perspective.social, and law enforcement perspective.

• Workshops – Workshops – Challenges in distributed sense making and situational awareness Challenges in distributed sense making and situational awareness -- planned for late summer 2008 (in collaboration with NSF, U. of -- planned for late summer 2008 (in collaboration with NSF, U. of

Pittsburgh, UCSD). Pittsburgh, UCSD).

CERT ROUNDTABLE

Emergency Response: Public Health and Medical Perspectives

Moderator: Prof. Nalini Venkatasubramanian

6 May 2008

Emergency Response and Medicine

• PreventionPrevention• Public Health and Awareness are criticalPublic Health and Awareness are critical• Role of IT – Simulations for epidemic spread, BiosurveillanceRole of IT – Simulations for epidemic spread, Biosurveillance

• ResponseResponse• Triaging, Coordination of medical resources (hospitals, Triaging, Coordination of medical resources (hospitals,

emergency vehicles, personnel)emergency vehicles, personnel)• Role of IT – crisis site networks, situational awareness, alerts Role of IT – crisis site networks, situational awareness, alerts

and warningsand warnings

• RecoveryRecovery• Business continuity, community recovery, special needs for Business continuity, community recovery, special needs for

underprivilegedunderprivileged• Role of IT – Optimization of recovery through exchange of Role of IT – Optimization of recovery through exchange of

information, accurate needs assesments, interdependencies in information, accurate needs assesments, interdependencies in diverse systems/organizationsdiverse systems/organizations

Our Distinguished Panelists

• Dr. Carl SchultzDr. Carl Schultz Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Co-Director, EMS and Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Co-Director, EMS and

Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship, UC IrvineDisaster Medical Sciences Fellowship, UC Irvine Emergency Medicine, Disaster Medicine, Terrorism Preparedness Emergency Medicine, Disaster Medicine, Terrorism Preparedness

and Responseand Response

• David CardenasDavid Cardenas LA County Department of Health ServicesLA County Department of Health Services SafetyNet, a public healthcare system  for 10 million residents SafetyNet, a public healthcare system  for 10 million residents

through an integrated network of hospitals, health centers, clinicsthrough an integrated network of hospitals, health centers, clinics

• Frank Zanka Frank Zanka Vice-President of Business Development, Vital Data TechnologiesVice-President of Business Development, Vital Data Technologies Transforming Pre-Hospital Care Sharing the Right Information with Transforming Pre-Hospital Care Sharing the Right Information with

the Right People, at the Right Timethe Right People, at the Right Time

• Katherine FrostKatherine Frost Director of IT, shareourselves.orgDirector of IT, shareourselves.org Volunteer-based, non-profit providing free medical and emergency Volunteer-based, non-profit providing free medical and emergency

services in Orange Countyservices in Orange County

Questions to answer

1. From the community emergency medical perspective, what are the primary challenges faced?  

• Crisis site, city-wide, state or even regional or national level.  • epidemics, organizational impact, economic impact, and

organizational continuity. 

2.  Which of these challenges can be helped by Information Technology? 

3.  What efforts (e.g., technology creation, technology adoption, policy) are you aware of which might mitigate some of these challenges?

4. Within your domain, what technology gaps exist?5.  If you were to influence technologists to work on solutions

for these challenges, what would be your top two priorities?