The Online EDCS-IS Web App is a centralized online platform for reporting notifiable epidemic-prone diseases. It aims to streamline surveillance processes and simplify data transmission and management across disease reporting units, laboratories, and the Epidemic Bureau. The web app allows real-time reporting and management of surveillance data. It addresses issues with the current PIDSR software such as redundant data processes and late reporting due to validation. The web app has different user levels for inputting, viewing, and validating case reports which flow from sentinel sites to regional and national surveillance units.
2. What is the Online EDCS-IS Web App
Is an Online / Web Based reporting platform with centralized database that
will serve as the data collection tool developed and specifically designed for
Case Investigation Forms (CIFs) and Case report Forms (CRFs) of all the
notifiable diseases under the Epidemic-prone Disease Case Surveillance.
It aims to link all DRUs and ESUs, as well as laboratory network to a single
integrated application that will streamline surveillance processes and
simplify data transmission and management operations.
It will also allow the EDCS to have advantage in terms of data archiving, data
management, and real time reporting of surveillance data for notifiable
diseases.
3. Main Objective of the Online EDCS-IS
● Provide an effective and efficient integrated online platform for reporting
EDCS notifiable diseases.
● To be main the solution for the perennial issues of the current PIDSR
software.
4. Key Perennial Issues of PIDSR software
● Standalone software
● Redundant data management processes (data cleaning, validation,
merging) at different levels
● Late submission of reports due to validation procedures
12. EDCS-IS Reporting Flow Overview
Private or Government Hospital / Non DOH Retained Hospital
Hospital Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (HESU) or Other Disease reporting Unit
(DRU)
Component City / Municipality
(CESU) Or (MESU)
Chartered City -
City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit
(CESU)
Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU)
Provincial Epidemiology
Surveillance Unit (PESU)
DOH Retained Hospitals or Private Hospitals Identified as
Sentinel Sites with Hospital
Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (HESU)
18. EDCS-IS Data Flow and Architecture Overview
Hospital Sentinel Site
Hospital Epidemiology Surveillance Unit
(HESU)
EMR Integration - iHOMIS
Collect data on Epidemic-prone diseases, Input the
data on EDCS-IS Web application / iHOMIS PISDR
Modules.
Regional Epidemiology
Surveillance Unit (RESU)
Validates data encoded by Sentinel
Hospitals.
Epidemic-prone Disease
Case-based Surveillance
Web Application
Centralized Database
(DOH KMITS)
Epidemiology Bureau (EB)
Use the consolidated data for
reports generation.
Research Institute for Tropical
Medicine and
Sub national Laboratories
Update laboratory results of specimens
received from Epidemiology Surveillance
Units
Epidemic-prone
Disease Case-
based
Surveillance
Web Application
Create - Add entries
Read - View entries
Update - Edit entries
Read - View entries
Update - Edit entries
(Validate)
Read - View entries
Update - Edit entries
(Laboratory Module Only)
Read - View entries
(Validated and unvalidated records)
21. Registration of User Account
Registration link: https://pidsr.doh.gov.ph/edcs/register.php
22. Email Us for user account activation including
issues and concerns
To: ebphsdtech@doh.gov.ph
Subject: e.g. User Account Activation, System Error
Name of Requestor:
Email:
Originating Office:
Event Definition/Narrative:
