Best Practices
Best practices represent a check list of items to consider and recommend following when transitioning to EMSTARS/biospatial. Please send in comments and suggestions to the Best Practices list, by contacting us via email with the subject "Best Practices".
- Don't underestimate the transition to EMSTARS/biospatial.
- Ask your vendor how long it will take to install and configure your system.
- Determine if you or your vendor will do the mapping.
- Test your software.
- Plan the roll out of your system (all, phases).
- Plan on training your personnel on the new system and close call rules.
- Familiarize yourself with data dictionary.
- Familiarize yourself with project website.
- Plan on your first submission having several warning messages.
- Ask questions.