AtHoc, Inc., a provider of network-centric emergency notification systems, reportedly
announced that its
IWSAlerts third-generation mass emergency alerting system has been chosen by the Lyster Army Health Clinic to enhance force protection and provide unified emergency notification capability to clinic personnel
The IWSAlerts is a system that has been designed as a highly secure, enterprise-class network-centric mass notification system. Its interoperability, scalability and security measures, is said to have led to its selection by highly demanding defense and commercial organizations including the U.S Strategic Command, U.S. Air Force, Boeing and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
This third-generation systems is said to leverage existing IP networks to communicate rapidly to all IP connected devices; integrate and unify disparate existing mass notification capabilities; provide bi-directional communication allowing collection of feedback from all personnel; and) achieve enterprise-level scalability and processes.
Lyster Army Health Clinic is located at Fort Rucker in Alabama. The clinic provides primary care and ancillary services to a military population that consists of active duty service members, their families, a large retiree population and their family members.
By deploying AtHoc IWSAlerts, Lyster is said to notify personnel about the rapid delivery of alerts for clinic-related operational communications ranging from biological or chemical contaminations; communication of epidemic or pandemic information; or a staff recall with a large influx of patients due to a mass casualty incident.
In addition, Lyster will use the system to connect to external sources of alerts, such as the Centers for Disease Control, to automate the dissemination of local or national CDC information such as recent H1N1 updates.
“We look forward to deploying our award-winning mass alerting solution at the Lyster Army Health Clinic,” said Andy Anderson, vice president of defense operations for AtHoc, in a statement. “Along with Irwin Army Hospital at Fort Riley, the deployment of AtHoc's IWSAlerts at Lyster Army Health Clinic demonstrates the ability of our network-based mass notification system to meet the unique requirements of large DoD health care organizations. “AtHoc continues to be adopted by more and more DoD medical community organizations, including the Navy's BUMED and Army and Air Force clinics and hospitals.”
Maintaining the privacy of personnel information is a requirement of all health care organizations. Using AtHoc IWSAlerts, Lyster clinic personal information will be deployed behind the firewall and kept highly secure, clarified the company official.
The deployment of AtHoc's IWSAlerts at Lyster is said to represent yet another step in the Department of Defense medical community's adaption of third-generation mass notification technology.
Jai C.S. is a contributing editor for HealthTechZone. To read more of Jai's articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
Amy Tierney
