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IMproving Preparedness and Response

of hEalth Services in major criseS

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no [608078]

Partners

Core Objectives:

Re-balance the disproportion between response needs and health system capacity, through proper mobilization of additional resources (material, logistics and health personnel) and enhanced organization (e.g. e-triage, interoperability of health services)

Remediate the information deficit with rapid collection of

relevant data and exchange of adequate information. Support

decision making according to the impact of crisis and incident

type to the Health Status of the Community

Improve the response and preparedness level of Health

services based on efficient planning, integral organization

and comprehensive training, using interoperable tools and

systems

Enhance interoperability within the same and among dif-

ferent EMS organizations using common taxonomy and

providing stakeholders in the emergency response domain

with a compatible operational framework

Concept and Stakeholders

What We Do

IMPRESS aims to improve the preparedness of emergency medical ser-

vices (ambulance dispatch centers, hospitals, volunteer communities

etc) in numerous ways, including planning for all-hazards, increasing

surge capacity, tracking the availability of hospital beds and other re-

sources using electronic systems, and developing systems that are in-

teroperable with other response teams. The IMPRESS scope is to pro-

vide health system with preparedness and response capabilities through

guidelines and tools where ultimately, the routine use of these capabili-

ties will improve their performance in case of large disasters.