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Exhibit 4.1: Suggested Priority
for Linking Feeder Systems to the National System
| Priority |
Items |
|
Highest priority |
Other hospital systems
affiliated with the health information technology (Health IT) vendor involved in
Phase I |
|
Registration systems at
disaster shelters |
|
Hospital systems affiliated
with other major Health IT vendors |
|
Patient tracking systems
used at the local and county level |
|
Other hospital systems in
areas that are at high risk for natural or man-made disasters |
|
Moderate priority |
Hospital systems affiliated
with smaller Health IT vendors |
|
Hospital systems with "home
grown" IT systems |
|
Nursing home systems
affiliated with major Health IT vendors |
|
Nursing home systems
affiliated with smaller IT vendors |
|
Nursing home systems with
"home grown" IT systems |
|
Home health systems |
|
Lower priority |
Institutional records
systems in operation at other potential overnight facilities housing patients
and evacuees, such as hotels, convention centers, homeless shelters, and
correctional facilities |
|
Institutional records
systems or tracking systems used at transportation hubs and other locations
where patients and evacuees would board or get off vehicles |
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