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Published to the web

Date of initial entry (mm/dd/yyyy)

Date of last update (mm/dd/yyyy)

Name of database or resource

Acronym

Brief description of database
The database is used for on-line "shopping" by health care facilties needing access to NDDoH warehouse materials during an emergency

Types of data captured (Check all that apply)
Chronic
Injury
Infectious
Maternal Child
Environmental
Occupational
Administrative
Disaster
Other

Who owns the data

Does NDDoH have right of access to the data files? Yes
No
Don't know

Sensitivity or confidentiality of the data? High - disclosure of the data could do great harm
     to those referenced by the data
Medium - disclosure of the data could harm those
     referenced by the data
Low - disclosure of the data would be unlikely to
     harm the person referenced by the dataset

Type of database or resource Surveillance system
Program data
Disease or service registry
Civil registration or license
Metadata
Aggregate dataset
Secondary dataset
Linkage dataset
Administrative
Payer

Within what section is the data? Administrative Support
Community Health
Emergency Preparedness
Enviromental Health
Health Resources
Medical Services
Special Populations
SHO Office
None

Within what program is the data?

Who manages the data? NDDoH
Other state agency
Partner organization
Private contractor
University
Other

If managed by Other please specify

Describe any access restriction within NDDoH

NDDoH Contact Name 1	Role of Contact 1 Epidemiologist or Analyst Program administrator Division or section head	Phone # of Contact 1 (e.g. 701.328.1234) Email of Contact 1
NDDoH Contact Name 2	Role of Contact 2 Epidemiologist or Analyst Program administrator Division or section head	Phone # of Contact 2 (e.g. 701.328.1234) Email of Contact 2

What purpose does the database fill? (Check all that apply)

Service encounter record
Program eligibility
Service utilization
Condition or disease occurrence
Civil registration

Online medical record
Risk factor identification
Research database
Licensure
Interview record

Legislative mandate
Program evaluation
Other

If Other please specify

Is this person specific, record level data (each record represents information about a person)? Yes
No
Mixed
Don't know
What makes a person, condition, etc. eligible for entry into the database?

What makes a person, condition, etc ineligible for the database?

For what years is the dataset available? (Check all that apply)

Before 1990
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Current Year Only

Methods of data collection (Check all that apply)
Passive surveillance case report
Active surveillance case report
Sentinel surveillance
Syndromic surveillance
Dataset submission
Event registration
Client or case interview
Survey, random
Survey, non-random
Examination or observation
Tissue or blood sample
Animal surveillance
Field Measurment
Healthcare service record
Other

If Other please specify

Does the dataset include data directly derived from medical records? Yes
No
Don't know

Data providers (Check all that apply)
Laboratory
Hospital
Outpatient care facility
Insurer
EMS or other emergency responder
Hospice
Not for profit organization or business
Private, for profit, company or business
Private individual, adult
Private individual, child or teen
State agency
Federal agency
Local government agency
Schools
Other

If Other please specify

Unit of data collection (Check all that apply)
Person
Lab Test
Object
Program
Organization
Community
Business
Dataset
Other

If Other please specify

Does this dataset contain any confidential identifiers? Yes
No
Don't know
Which of the following confidential identifiers does the data capture? (Check all that apply)

Name
Address
Phone number
Fax number
Email address

Social security number
Medical record number
Insurance number
Account number
Certificate or license number

Vehicle or plate number
Device number
URL or IP address
Biometric identifier
Facial image

What characteristics separate the data into separate electronic files? (Check all that apply)

Year of data collection
Time period other than year
County or other geographic delimiter
Other demographic factor
Source (e.g., reporting hospital)
None
Other

If Other please specify

Is the data backed up to an IT server or other site distant from primary location? Yes
No
Don't know
Is the data included in the NDDoH dataset archive? Yes
No
Don't know

Data limitations (Check all that apply)

No longer collected
Low sensitivity, incomplete reporting
Low specificity or PVP
Incompletely populated data fields
Data accuracy limitations, many fields
Data accuracy limitations, few fields
Undefined or non-static denominator
Analysis restricted to proprietary software
Complex analysis

No unique identifiers
Not collected statewide
Limited geographic subsetting
Small sample size
Paper data only
Political sensitivity
Self-reported data
Low response rate
Uncertain denominator
Other

If Other please specify

Are aggregate results published to the web Yes
No
Don't know
What web address?

Is additional information about the dataset published on the web? Yes
No
Don't know
What web address?

Can data be entered into the database over the internet? Yes
No
Don't know
Describe any relationships to other databases

What program format is the data stored in? Access
Epi Info
Excel
SAS
SPSS
Other off-the-shelf software
Other proprietary software

If Other off-the-shelf or proprietary software selected, please specify

Can the data be exported to an off-the-shelf data format? (Check all that apply)
Excel
ASCII
SAS
SPSS
None
Other

If Other, please specify

Does this dataset have a codebook or data dictionary? Yes
No
Don't know
Upload codebook or data dictionary document
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