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Where Should eHARS be Headed?. Benjamin T. Laffoon. Epidemiologist 2012 CSTE Annual Conference June 3, 2012. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention. Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. Questions to Guide Discussion. What are key features of eHARS that you like?
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Where Should eHARS be Headed? Benjamin T. Laffoon Epidemiologist 2012 CSTE Annual Conference June 3, 2012 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Questions to Guide Discussion • What are key features of eHARS that you like? • What functions, reports, algorithms, etc. are most used and would be missed if changed?
Questions to Guide Discussion • What are some functions that are not in eHARS that you need? • What functions, reports, algorithms, etc. are not in eHARS that, if included, would make it better?
Questions to Guide Discussion • What key functions do other data systems offer that eHARS does not?
Questions to Guide Discussion • Could the use of a locally executed analysis program replace the need for a person view summary? • How important is the PV summary to your daily work? • Who uses the PV most often, data entry staff or data analysts? • Is the PV summary used for real-time QA efforts in your jurisdiction?
Questions to Guide Discussion • How would the potential use of a fully integrated surveillance database (including STD, Hepatitis, HIV, and TB) affect your HIV surveillance program? • What are the key benefits? • What are the key barriers? • Can this reasonably be done given the document based surveillance model compared to the case or event based systems used for other diseases?