Wisconsin Health Alert Network (HAN)

Topics

What is HAN?

The Wisconsin Health Alert Network is a communications system for:

  • Wisconsin’s Public Health Departments
  • Hospitals
  • Clinics
  • Emergency Rooms
  • Laboratories
  • Law Enforcement
  • EMS
  • Fire Service
  • Volunteer Organization Employees
  • Other Health Agencies


The Wisconsin Health Alert Network (HAN) is a communications system for Wisconsin’s Public Health departments, hospitals, clinics, emergency rooms, laboratories, law enforcement, EMS and other health agencies. Funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HAN's vision is to create an improved communications infrastructure for all public health agencies and their partners in Wisconsin.

During times of emergency, HAN will alert you to threats upon the life, health and safety of our state's residents. The HAN has been designed so that news, resources, and presentations may be added to be shared with public health professional peers. With your participation, HAN will become one of the most important tools to protect, preserve and improve the health status of Wisconsin residents.

HAN objectives:

  • Foster high-speed and dedicated internet connections for local public health agencies.
  • Create a secure web site and emergency messaging system for communications among health agencies for bioterrorism and all other public health threats.
  • Establish distance learning capability to foster greater public health organizational capacity and public health professional development.

Top Level Topics on the HAN:

  1. Bioterrorism
  2. Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion
  3. Communicable
  4. Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention
  5. Environmental
  6. Family and Community Health
  7. Food Safety & Recreational Licensing
  8. Integrated Data Systems
  9. Laboratory
  10. Occupational
  11. Wisconsin Public Health

Registration

In order to login to the HAN website, an individual must complete a registration form and receive approval by a HAN administrator.

To register for the HAN:

  1. Navigate to the HAN.
  2. Click on Register tab near the top of the page
  3. Complete the Required portion of the form and consider filling in some or all of the optional form fields.
  4. If you cannot find your Job Title or Organization in the drop-down lists, you may click on the Add New links to update the selection choices.
  5. Click the submit button when finished completing the form
    You will be notified by a HAN administrator through e-mail about the status of your registration.


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