ASPR TRACIE was developed as a healthcare emergency preparedness information gateway to address the need for: • Enhanced and rapid technical assistance (TA) • A comprehensive, one-stop, national knowledge center for healthcare system preparedness • Multiple ways to efficiently share and receive information between various entities, including peer-to- peer • A way to leverage and better integrate support (force multiplier) • Ways to prepare deployed and field staff via resources developed with our cadre of subject matter专家