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Preparing for BT Preparedness: A Project Guide

BACKGROUND:
The California Automated Immunization Registry (CAIR) web software is being modified for use by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services during a mass vaccination or mass prophylaxis event, including events involving the deployment of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).

OBJECTIVE:
Share the methodology and first-year findings of this two-year project.

METHOD:
The first year of this project included weekly steering committee and task force meetings, both on-site and virtual, to develop detailed functional requirements, use cases, and a system prototype. Assessments of lateral (sister) systems and of potential subcomponent solutions were conducted in parallel to these requirements sessions, as was the modification of the CAIR software to accommodate smallpox pre-event data reporting.

RESULT:
Detailed business process diagrams, whose development helped to crystallize LADHS deployment plans; stronger relationships across functional teams with little prior collaborative experience; more than 200 pages of enumerated and cross-referenced requirements and use cases; a web-based prototype inventory system; a private website containing system assessments and detailed meeting minutes; a regional registry software system that is ready for certification as a PVS alternative; a second-year workplan system integration consistent with CAL-PHIN recommendations.

CONCLUSION:
Collaboration, planning, and parallel activities can achieve success even in new and complex areas of IT development.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
* Collaborative IT Project Design
* Requirements Elucidation
* Technology Assessment
* PHIN Integration


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