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EPISDr Mollet Thomas MD MSc, PRUEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlIstanbul, 25 September, 2009
Information system of European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
What is EPIS ?
A communication tool: Application for risk assessment entities to exchange non-
structured and semi-structured information regarding current or emerging public health threats with a potential impact in the EU.
A real-time international platform through which a network of experts can rapidly share information and data in a way which is fully transparent.
EPIS is a risk assessment tool, not a risk management tool.
Why using EPIS?
Added values: No more emails Secure website
Discussing risk assessment, response and preparedness Posting & reply to Urgent Inquiries Uploading/downloading documents Linking with other application , e.g. TTT or EWRS Creating questionnaires, summary tables, epi curves, etc Producing monthly report
How is organised EPIS?
The overall design consists of four levels of forums to which the users of EPIS would have restricted or full reading and writing access. Each level of forum is associated with a specific function.
Level 3 Health threat at European level
General discussion forum
Urgent inquiry
Epidemic intelligence forum
Ad hoc/threat assessment forum
Level 4 Health threat at European level
Level 1 No potential health threat at
European level
Level 2 Potential health threat at
European level
Generic DSP Denominatio
n
FWDDenominatio
n
FWD network
FWD network
FWD network and Epidemic Intelligence network
ECDC and European response team
Users
What is the escalation process?
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
EPISLevels
Escalation
Process
Launching an UIDSP network
Escalation to level 3ECDC DSP staff
Escalation to level 4ECDC DSP or ECDC EI
FWDDenominatio
n
General discussio
n
Urgent Inquiry
Epidemic intelligence
Ad-Hoc/response
FWD
EWGLI
STIAMR/HCAI
VPD
…
EPIS
Who are the users?
Who are the users?
The members of the DSP
Experts Non experts EU Non-EU
The EI network EI ECDC EI MS
Guest
What does EPIS look like?MOSS 2007®
How EPIS interact with the other tools?
EPIS
TESSy Other sourcesDSP/EI networks
TTT + Ad-Hoc (EPIS) EWRS
Create a threat
CMT
Threat assessment
Crisis
EWRS: Early Warning Response SystemTTT: Threat Tracking ToolEPIS: Epidemic Intelligence SystemCMT: Crisis Management ToolTESSy: The European Surveillance System
EWRS
Communication platform for risk management Legal basis: Decision 2000/57/EC. Designed and managed by the EC, ECDC hosts the EWRS since Nov 2007 MS health authorities report control measures taken for public health events with EU relevance
What is different from EWRS?
ECDC
MS risk manageme
nt bodies/MO
H
MS risk assessment
bodies
SANCO-C3
DSP forum
EI forum Ad-Hoc/response forum
Risk assessment, detection and
verification
Investigation, contact tracing, outbreak assistance team
Risk management,control measures
EWRS
EPIS forums
EWRS EPISObjective of the application
Risk management Risk assessment
Nature of the information
Structured Semi/non structured
Participation of the users
Mandatory Voluntary basis
Functionality General application Customisation per DSP
What is different from EWRS?
Conclusion
EPIS is an advanced platform that allows real time discussion among risk assessment bodies. This application is one more instrument in our toolbox available to face public health threats at the European level.
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