The Michigan Disease Surveillance System Update

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The Michigan Disease Surveillance System - Update

• Tim Bolen
• Regional Epidemiologist
• Michigan Department of Community Health
• Bureau of Epidemiology
• Surveillance Systems Section

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MDSS VISION
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The Vision for Bio-Surveillance
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The Michigan Disease Surveillance System

• MDSS is a Web based communicabledisease
  reporting system developed for the state of
  Michigan.
• MDSS is
• National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
  (NEDSS) Compliant
• Developed Utilizing the Logical DataModel (LDM)
• Includes Integrated GeographicInformation
  System (GIS).

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Overview
The Michigan Disease Surveillance Systems
contains three major sections 1. Navigation
Buttons on the left side of the page 2. Search
methods section on the right of the page 3. Data
Display and Task Interface area in the middle of
the page.  
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Disease (Case) Management

• Search for Cases (Two Types)
• New Cases are active
• Completed Cases that are inactive, both are
  located in the Case View (the center portion of
  the screen).
• Search Methods
• Case ID
• County
• Investigator
• Alert Status
• Case Status
• Disease
• Referral and Alert From and To Dates
• Last Name
• First Name
• Geographic Extent
• Wild Card Searches

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Select by Geographic Extent

• Utilize the Geographic Information System (GIS)
  tools to select cases.

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Case Report (Four parts)

• A. Patient Information
• B. Disease Form
• C. Location Information
• D. History

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Updating Patient Information

• Patient Search
• Assign/Update Patient
• New Patient
• Save

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Report in Adobe .pdf Format

• You may EDIT, view, print and/or save a report in
  Adobe .pdf copy
• Exports on enteric diseases are editable. Click
  your cursor over an
• empty blank line that is not in the Case
  Identifying Information box,
• and enter information. Place the cursor over
  check boxes and click to
• enter a check in the box.

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Case Reporting

• Two Types of Reports
• GIS Reports (Geographic Information Systems)
• Tabular Reports (Standard Reporting to
  incorporate graphical display)

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GIS Reports (Six Easy Steps)
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GIS Reports
Counts
Rates
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Tabular Reports
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Tabular Reports
Tabular Reports in Oracle DiscovererTM 4i
Viewer Report Features   You may rerun the
report by changing the year and county at the top
of the screen.   You may create other reports by
clicking on one of the Worksheet listing on the
left portion of the screen.   You may be able to
drill down on a specific item or disease by
clicking on a small icon located next to the
disease title.
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Setting a Threshold for Alerts
Click the drop down arrow in the Disease field
and select the disease name. Tab or click the
cursor into the Threshold, Days, and Contact
Email fields and enter this data. After entering
this data, click the Save Alert button.
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Case Definitions
Disease definitions can be found by clicking on
the Case Definitions button. A separate window
will pop up.
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When will MDSS be operational?

• Piloted in 2002 in 4 Urban Counties
• Contract signed in February, 2003
• After some changes, another pilot is planned
  (including a more rural LHD)
• Training planned for August/September 2003
• October, 2003 roll-out