How are CAHAN San Diego alerts sent?
Standard CAHAN San Diego alerts are sent via e-mail 1-3 times per month as unusual communicable disease of public health significance is reported to the Community Epidemiology Branch. CAHAN San Diego alerts are categorized by their level of urgency; low, medium or high. Standard CAHAN San Diego alerts are categorized as low priority. A medium-priority alert would be sent for a relatively large disease outbreak or occurrence of a rare disease. A high-priority alert would be sent for a public health emergency, such as a smallpox outbreak. Medium- and high-priority alerts can be sent via pager, phone and /or fax, according to the alerting preferences indicated by individual EMAN participants. An individual user name and password are required to access alerts. Once alert receipt is confirmed, participants are directed to a secure CAHAN web portal at http://cahan.ca.gov, to access the alert.
