EPICENTER™ : THE HIGHLIGHTS
	Advanced Analytics
	Designed for Daily Use
	Broader Data Options
	New Symptom Classifications
	Manage Investigations
	Information Sharing
	Interoperability
	Sophisticated Data Visualization

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Introducing EpiCenter™

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It’s a new day for public health.

Our EpiCenter™ surveillance system represents a real breakthrough for epidemiologists and others in the public health arena, at all levels of government. Designed for daily use and to foster collaboration among public health professionals, EpiCenter is the most sophisticated and comprehensive surveillance system available.

EpiCenter processes, integrates and correlates multiple streams of health-related data in real time, and then generates accurate and meaningful analysis. Empowered with that unified view of different data sets, public health has an unprecedented ability to identify and solve problems, quickly, on a national, state and local level -- what we mean by “community health surveillance.”

EpiCenter’s sophistication and comprehensiveness go way beyond the limited capabilities of traditional syndromic surveillance. Consider:

- INTEROPERABILITY: EpiCenter can be used in conjunction with disease reporting systems, immunization registries and other systems that your agency might now be using.

- FOCUS: EpiCenter gives you a new -- and previously unavailable -- consolidated view of diverse yet related data sources, providing a more comprehensive view of emerging and current health threats in your communities – even down to individual neighborhoods.

- DAY-TO-DAY WORK FLOW: The task-based and easy-to-use EpiCenter is designed for daily use throughout a public health agency. It has tools to manage investigations from start to finish, and to collaborate and share information within your agency and across regions.

- BROADER DATA OPTIONS: Your agency can customize the type of data you receive and process. Options include hospital emergency department registrations, ICD-9 codes, patient discharge records, electronic lab reports, case management files, prescription and over-the-counter drug sales, microbiology test results and traumatic event information such as car accidents, criminal assaults, animal bites and much more.

NOW CONSIDER THE SPECIFIC INNOVATIONS WE'VE INTRODUCED THROUGH EPICENTER:

- CLASSIFIERS: EpiCenter has new and detailed symptom classifications (including such examples as influenza-like illness, fever, coughing and other disease-specific characteristics) that go beyond broader and less precise syndromic classifications (such as respiratory or gastrointestinal). EpiCenter also includes new classifiers for traumatic and animal injuries to help track events such as car accidents, child abuse, gunshot wounds, animal bites and rabies.

- ANOMALY INVESTIGATIONS: EpiCenter automatically flags and notifies users about unusual patterns of health data. In older surveillance systems, each anomaly had to be investigated individually. EpiCenter gives users the ability to group anomalies into a single investigation. EpiCenter also includes workflow tools for public health investigators to record the progress of their investigations and share tasks and findings with colleagues and health authorities in other areas.

- DATA VISUALIZATION: EpiCenter features sophisticated tools to visualize data about anomalies in map and chart formats. Maps can be created that highlight anomalies on a geographical or demographic basis. Charts can display outbreaks and occurrences chronologically or regionally with data sorted by numerous variables. You can sort by patient age, gender and home neighborhood, as well as by location of healthcare-providing institutions or by other criteria you determine.

- DATA NORMALIZATION: Analysis of data collected through EpiCenter can be normalized automatically – for example, corrected for seasonal or day-of-week variations that occur naturally.

- DISCHARGE/DISPOSITION INFORMATION: Unlike older surveillance systems, EpiCenter includes the ability to track the outcome of a patient's emergency department visit, including discharge, hospital admission, transfer or even death. That follow-up data gives public health a more accurate view of the severity of health issues confronting specific regions.

Since we are an ASP (Application Service Provider) company, we host EpiCenter on our servers for you to access over the Web. That means your agency doesn’t have to worry about installation, technical support or compatible issues.

Our company is all about giving public health agencies, at all levels of government, the ability to use knowledge and insight to protect the public’s wellbeing.
 

EpiCenter is how we do it.

LET'S GET STARTED IN BUILDING YOUR COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM

The first step is to contact us to discuss the scope of your current or anticipated health surveillance needs. Then we’ll work with you to craft a program that meets those specific needs, including identifying the hospitals and other organizations to be your data providers. We’ll assign a liaison manager to work directly with those data providers to complete the minimal amount of IT work required.

To get started, please call us at 412.231.2020 or e-mail info@hmsinc.com.