Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STD Data Management & Information Technology

Timely access to quality data is one of the backbones of an effective STD prevention and control program. The ability to accurately collect and analyze data in a timely fashion is a key part of making correct decisions regarding individual patient care and case management and, on a broader level, making effective programmatic decisions on issues such as prioritizing intervention activities and allocating scarce resources. A key part of the data collection and management process falls into the area of informatics, i.e. the use of information systems and technology to perform the critical tasks of data collection, management, and analysis. This website provides access to information and resources designed to assist state and local STD prevention programs in their use of data and information systems.

NETSS/NEDSS Guides

NETSS Implementation Plan – (Effective January 2014) This document contains the procedures and record layouts that must be used by state and local health departments to electronically report cases of nationally notifiable STDs to CDC via the National Electronic Telecommunciation System for Surveillance (NETSS).

Summary – A summary of the latest changes to the NETSS Implementation Guide.

NEDSS Messaging Guide – This document is currently under development but will contain the specifications for creating an HL7 2.5 message that meets the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) requirements for electronically reporting cases of nationally notifiable STDS to CDC.

Requirements for STD Information Systems

Requirements and other design-related materials are available for several existing STD Information Systems:

Generic STD Information System Requirements from CDC/DSTDP
Business Process Management Model from CDC/DSTDP - describes business processes, etc.
PRISM from Florida's Department of Health. Includes download for PRISM source code.

STD Information Systems Currently Available

Name	Developer	Users	Type	Capability	Contact
Guardian PH	Atlas Development Corporation	Multiple Counties and States within the United States and abroad	Web-based	Comprehensive disease surveillance, outbreak management, and case management for all communicable diseases. Supports immunization workflow and syndromic surveillance. Complete ELR solution. Facilitates HAI surveillance and reporting to NHSN.	Mark Marostica mmarostica@atlasph.com
STD*MIS	CDC/DSTDP	35 project areas	Client-server	Surveillance, Case Management, standard STD functions.	http://www.cdc.gov/std/std-mis/
PRISM	Florida DOH	Multiple US states	Web-based	Surveillance, Case Management, standard STD functions, HARS record search, GISP	Stacey Shiver Stacy_Shiver@doh.state.fl.us Susan O’Bryan Susan_O’Bryan@doh.state.fl.us Mary White Mary_White@doh.state.fl.us
Michigan Disease Surveillance System	Science and Technology Corporation (STC), Altarum Institute	Michigan	Web-based	Surveillance STD Module in development	Katie Macomber, Epidemiologist macomberk@michigan.gov
PHIMS-STD	WA DOH, PHSKC	Local Health Jurisdictions	Web-based	Surveillance, Case Management, Monitoring & Evaluation	Julie Simon, MSPH STD Epidemiologist julieann.simon@doh.wa.gov Mark Aubin mark.aubin@doh.wa.gov
Open Medical Record System (OpenMRS)	Regenstrief Institute & Partners in Health	Unknown	Web-based	Clinic medical records	OpenMRS
PA-NEDSS	PA DOH, Deloitte Consulting LLP	Pennsylvania	Web-based	Surveillance, Case Management, ELR, Online disease reporting, Outbreak management	Steve Kowalewski (STD Program Lead) c-skowalew@state.pa.us Bob Giallo (IT Project Manager) rgiallo@state.pa.us
Maven	Consilience Software	Multiple US States and Cities	Web-based	Web-based disease surveillance, outbreak management across all communicable diseases (including TB, STDs, HIV, GCDs, VPDs, Cancer, Lead Poisoning, Chronic Diseases)	Joy Alamgir
TriSano Community Edition and CSI TriSano Enterprise Edition	Collaborative Software Initiative	Multiple local and state health departments	Web-based	Surveillance, Case Management, Contact Management, Outbreak Management, disease-specific questionnaire development, ELR, AVR, support for all communicable diseases	Kelly Usselman kelly@csinitiative.com

Additionally, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) also maintains information regarding electronic surveillance systems being used by its members.