Pennsylvania Electronic Disease Surveillance System PA-NEDSS

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PennsylvaniaElectronic Disease Surveillance
SystemPA-NEDSS

• Analysis Reporting Training

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Analysis Reporting - Overview
Analysis Reporting (AR) gives users the
ability to analyze the data in PA-NEDSS

• Provides answers to questions in an easy to use
  manner that does not require detailed database
  knowledge
• Allows data to be accessed based on program area
  and jurisdiction privileges (based on PA-NEDSS
  security access)
• Allows data to be examined by different factors/
  measures using the point-and-click method
• Provides detailed information about patients,
  reports, investigations on-demand
• Refreshed on a nightly basis
• AR data is stored separately from PA-NEDSS data

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AR Terminology
AR functionality can be described using standard
data warehousing concepts

• Data Warehouse
• Collection of historical point-in-time data from
  operational activities that are designed to be
  retrieved efficiently
• Measure
• A quantifiable data element indicating how much
  or how many
• Number of investigations
• Count of disease reports
• Dimension
• A qualitative grouping of data that describes a
  measureanswers when, where, why, and who
• By disease
• By time
• Hierarchy
• Represents an increasing level of detail within
  each dimension

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Benefits of the AR Environment
AR provides specific benefits for Public Health
Staff

• Highly Flexible Environment
• Ease of pulling the data out
• Faster Response to Requests for Reports and Data
• Reduction of staff effort to answer a question
• Refocus Staff to Other Activities
• Common Definitions for Business Terms and Data
• Standardized Way of Approaching a Question
• Identify the Effectiveness of Various Program
  Initiatives

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Accessing the AR Environment
AR can be accessed via PA-NEDSS

• Log on to PA-NEDSS at http//www.nedss.state.pa.us
  and click on the Analysis and Reporting tab.
• AR portal will open in a separate Web browser.
• Users have access to reports and data for
  enhanced analysis based on geographic
  jurisdiction and program area.
• All program areas are included in this release.

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Help in the AR Environment
Using Metadata - help information about the
Analysis Reporting capabilities

• By clicking on the Metadata icon within
  any cube, the PA-NEDSS AR Metadata portal will
  open in a separate window.

Enter a search term
Brows search topics
Modify User Options
View Description of Data Element
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Obtaining Additional Information
If You Need More Information About AR

• Training documents used today can be accessed by
  logging into PA-NEDSS and clicking on the
  Training Materials link found on the Welcome page
• For help on how to approach local training, call
  717.705.0096
• For general questions regarding AR
  functionality, contact the NEDSS help desk call
  717.783.9171 or email NEDSS_at_state.pa.us

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Questions

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