DISASTER CREDENTIALING

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DISASTER CREDENTIALING

• Wisconsin Disaster Credentialing Project
  started March, 2004
• Initial goal rapid credentialing of on-site
  volunteers
• Few volunteers for pre-disaster credentialing
  opportunities

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DISASTER CREDENTIALING

• INITIAL PLAN
• License verification
• Hospital affiliation data from voluntary data
  submission
• Available online

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DISASTER CREDENTIALING

• MORPHED TO
• Online access to credentialing sources
• NPDB, OIG, STATE LICENSE, ABMS, AOA, AMA
• STATE HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
• (VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION OF DATA)

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ISSUES IDENTIFIED

• No pre-credentialing with low volunteer level
• No inter-state availability
• Complicated database discourages use
• Apathy of users to register, learn system
  submit data

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ISSUES IDENTIFIED

• Why are states designing this 50 times?
• Needlessly expensive?
• Needlessly extensive?
• Functionality during power or internet failure