Transmittal of HAVE requirements Documents

[Elysa Jones <ejones@warningsystems.com>]

The following email was received from Matt Walton, Chairman of the 
EIC.  The referenced documents have been uploaded to the documents section 
of the TC site.  We will discuss this effort at the full TC meeting 
scheduled for 2/7/06.  I have responded to Matt and the others that we 
accept the documents and will consider them at our next meeting.  Regards, 
Elysa


>Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:10:13 -0800
>From: Matt Walton <mwalton3@gmail.com>
>To: Elysa Jones <ejones@warningsystems.com>
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>Elysa Jones
>Chair
>
>OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee
>
>
>
>Dear Elysa:
>
>
>
>On behalf of the Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC) and COMCARE, 
>and with the concurrence of the Department of Homeland Security's Disaster 
>Management Program, I would like to submit the attached HAVE documents for 
>standards review and formalization by the Emergency Management Technical 
>Committee (EM-TC) under the OASIS process. HAVE is a draft XML 
>specification, under the EDXL umbrella, that enables the exchange of 
>information related to medical and health organizations and their 
>resources among other hospitals, state health departments and 
>associations, emergency managers, 9-1-1 centers, and other responsible 
>emergency agencies involved in response and preparedness.
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>
>
>The EIC submits the HAVE specification to the EM-TC with great enthusiasm. 
>The specification has been developed by an open, inclusive consensus 
>process involving a broad-based group of experts and official 
>representatives of the emergency response domains that produce or desire 
>to use the information it contains.   Then it was successfully put through 
>the EDXL Standards Working Group process, and finally received formal 
>consideration by our members and Board of Directors.
>
>
>
>The HAVE specification was specifically designed by practitioners to be 
>used in everyday circumstances, mass disasters, and preparedness 
>exercises. We believe this specification is unique in that the financial 
>support for its development came from two federal departments: DHS's 
>Disaster Management Program and the Department of Health and Human 
>Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).    Additional 
>leadership and support was provided by the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare 
>Association, especially its Hospital Emergency Management Committee.   The 
>contributions of the HAVBed project team, particularly Dr. Steve Cantrill 
>of Denver Medical, need recognition.  Finally, from start to finish the 
>process was expertly led and facilitated by COMCARE, particularly Sukumar 
>Dwarkanath, its Technical Director.
>
>
>I would like to ask that the EM-TC review these materials at its earliest 
>convenience to determine whether they fit with the EM-TC Charter, and 
>represent a standards effort on which it is appropriate for the EM-TC to 
>work.  The EIC sincerely appreciates all the hard work the members of the 
>EM-TC put into the review and creation of emergency data standards.   We 
>look forward to continuing to collaborate successfully with you.   Please 
>let me know if you have any questions.
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>
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>Sincerely,
>
>
>Matt Walton
>Chairman
>Emergency Interoperability Consortium
>