Hurricane Helene: Public Health Department Closures

Latest updates: Hurricane Helene

Our public health departments' hours of operation may be affected by power and staffing outages. This means that some closures may not appear on the state government office delays and closings map. The health and safety of our employees and our clients remains our highest priority. We are working to get services restored as safely and quickly as possible.

Learn more about DPH's role with hurricanes, floods, and weather emergencies.

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DPH is pleased to announce the new immunization information system (IIS) for South Carolina. SIMON will be a dynamic, and a complete IIS that ensures South Carolinians are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases by providing direct support to health care providers to deliver immunization services and increase our vaccine coverage rates.

schedule for SIMON rollout

The projected timeline for project milestones are:

  • Winter 2019
    • Purchase of IIS software from Envision Technology Partners - Complete
  • Spring 2019
    • IIS Kickoff meeting - Complete
    • System Design and Data Conversion Planning - Complete
  • Summer 2019
    • System Design and Data Conversion Planning (continued) - Complete
    • Interface Development and Feature Configuration  - Complete
  • Fall 2019
    • Interface Development and Feature Configuration (continued) - Complete
    • DHEC Super User Trainings - Complete
    • User Acceptance Testing - Complete
    • Provider HL7 Onboarding - In process
  • Winter 2020
    • User Acceptance Testing (continued) - Complete
    • Provider HL7 Onboarding (continued) - In process
    • Provider User Trainings
  • Spring/Summer 2020
    • Provider HL7 Onboarding (continued)
    • SIMON Goes Live
  • Ongoing
    • Provider HL7 Onboarding (continued)