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Health Alert Network
The Health Alert Network (HAN)
is a nationwide, integrated information and
communications system serving as a platform for
distribution of health alerts, dissemination of
prevention guidelines and other information,
distance learning, national disease
surveillance, and electronic laboratory
reporting, as well as for CDC's Bioterrorism and
related initiatives to strengthen preparedness
at the local and state levels. When complete,
the Health Alert Network will ensure:
- High-speed, secure Internet connections
for local health officials, providing access
to CDC's prevention recommendations,
practice guidelines, and disease data
- Capacity for rapid and secure
communications with first responder agencies
and other health officials
- Secure transmission of surveillance,
laboratory, and other sensitive data
- On-line, Internet- and satellite-based
distance learning systems
- Early warning broadcast alert systems
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