CURRENT STATUS AND SOME FACTORS RELATED TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IN NGHE AN PROVINCE IN 2020 – 2021

Nguyễn Thành Lợi1,, Nguyen Thị Ngọc Bích1, Lê Thị Trang1, Nguyễn Đăng Vững2, Trần Thị Thanh Thuỷ3
1 Nghe An Center for Disease Control
2 Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University
3 Hanoi Medical University

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Objective: To describe the current status of online report system and analyze some factors related to the quality of case report of two infectious diseases (COVID-19 and viral encephalitis) in Nghe An province in 2020 – 2021. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study. In total,72 health workers at 21 district health centers and 15 public hospitals who are responsible for infectious diseases report were interviewed qualitatively and quantitatively on the following factors: human resources operation, direction, equipment and infectious disease reporting software system. At Hospitals, the quality of medical records on COVID-19 and Viral Encephalitis in 2020-2021 were evaluated. Research results: 100% of the District Health Centers had proper reporting process while 33.3% of Hospitals did not have a reporting process. However, 52.3% of district health centers have reported inaccurate information to higher levels. Regarding the quality of case reports at hospitals: 82.8% reported cases of inflammatory disease viral brain and 79.3% of COVID-19 case reports have met thequality standard; There was a significant relationship between the percentage of Units had good quality report with ages and education of the staff in charge of reporting at the unit. The number was higher in the group with more employees under 40 years old and the group with professional qualifications from the University (p<0.05); No correlation between the group which had leaders to manage the implementation of the Circular, the supervision and support of the upper level, and the staff in charge of reporting with the quality of the reports (p> 0.05). Conclusion: Public health units need to strengthen their self-inspection and supervision of the implementation of Circular 54/2015/TT-BYT, especially the quality management of reporting, updating, and feedback data case report.

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