The state of Delaware tapped a team of three organizations, Integrated Warehousing Solutions, ESi and Towson University's Center for Geographic Services, to assemble and provide a "public health preparedness" system. Integrated Warehousing Solutions' (IWS) President Carl Brewer shared details of the project.

"Delaware's Division of Public Health is an industry thought leader with one of the most comprehensive emergency response visions in the country," said Brewer. Healthcare professionals across the country are observing the Delaware integrated preparedness project as a template for their own state preparedness initiative, he said. The system is due to go live in May.

The project's charter is to integrate all facets of emergency management (preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery) to create a "one touch" solution. The primary goal of the project is to integrate existing and planned systems in a way that will allow the information sharing that leads to efficient planning, monitoring, deploying and tracking systems during a public health emergency.

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