The eHARS Dashboard
A tool for monitoring
HIV surveillance
activities
Michael Eberhart, MPH
Philadelphia, PA
HIV Surveillance
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Requires complete and accurate data
Multiple sources
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Various report mechanisms
Changing procedures/requirements
Passive and active surveillance
Electronic data
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Parsing/cleaning/importing
HIV Surveillance
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Frequent evaluation and review
Respond to subtle changes
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Identify gaps
Compare with historical trends
Not just cases
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Facilities
Labs
Physicians
Completeness
Workflow
eHARS Data
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Person dataset
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New cases and demographic trends
Document dataset
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Report sources and methods
Laboratory tests
Death reports
TTH (for incidence surveillance)
eHARS Dashboard
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Data “at a glance”
Succinct presentation
Actionable data
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Trends
Comparisons
Identify new issues
Modified from sample code
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“Information Dashboard Design” by Stephen Few
eHARS Dashboard
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Produced monthly
HTML-based
Graphical presentation
Drill-down to more detailed information
Overview of all activities
User-specific information in the background
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Documents
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Entered manually
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Total docs
By user
By type
Completeness
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Missing Surveillance Method
– Missing Report Source
– Missing Report Medium
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Documents
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Imported electronically
Total docs
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By user
By type
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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New HIV/AIDS Cases
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Past 12 months
Compared to previous 12 months
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Cumulative Data
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Total reported AIDS
Total reported HIV
Total reported perinatal exposures
Median time to data entry
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This period/Last period
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Top 10 Diagnosing Facilities
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Past 90 days
Drill down to complete list
Exclude private
Drill-down to list of cases with missing data
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Lab import issue
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Median Initial CD4
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Boxplot w/ confidence intervals
Cases dx’d in previous 6 months
Comparison by gender
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Race
Mode of Exposure
Public/private
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Open Cases by Investigator
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Uses local fields
Compare staff
Monitor workload
Drill-down to lists
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Completed cases by Investigator
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Compare staff
Compare to unit average
Monitor workload
Drill-down to summary data
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Electronic Lab Reporting
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Past 12 months
Compared to previous 12 months
Drill-down to lab-specific trends
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Listing by month and lab
Graphs of 2-year trends
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Reported Labs by Type
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CD4
Western Blot
Viral Load
Other
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Last complete month compared to monthly average
eHARS Dashboard - Components
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Process indicators – Past 90 days
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% NIR
% Missing Race/ethnicity
% No CD4 (Count or percent)
% Missing Vital Status
% Invalid address
Local interest…
eHARS Dashboard – SAS Code
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Intermediate level
Working with macro variables
Proc SQL
SAS/GRAPH
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Templates, GREPLAY, Device options
ODS
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HTML (drill-down and tool tips)
eHARS Dashboard
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Demo
Questions?
Thank You!
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Contact Information
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michael.eberhart@phila.gov