In the Informatics & Systems Category, trainings will cover the following: 

  • Nebraska ESSENCE
  • ECR Introduction
  • JIRA Information
  • NEDSS Introduction
  • School Absenteeism
  • REDCap Introduction and Skill Building

Nebraska ESSENCE is the online platform to monitor, analyze, and create alerts for surveillance data. These trainings will provide a background on how to use Nebraska ESSENCE and will teach how to navigate the site as well as use the tools/features offered on the platform.

The course will focus on providing information about electronic case reporting, how it works and its usage in public health. 

The participants will learn about: what is electronic case reporting, how it is different from traditional case reporting and why it will be useful for them.

This course will provide information and instructions for use of the Nebraska JIRA system.

  • How to access and use JIRA
  • Grants Management in JIRA
  • Ticket Creation in JIRA

This course will be for the NEDSS training series. Courses included in this section are an Introduction to NEDSS, Patient Record and Event Searches, Creating a Master Patient Record, Data Entry, and Patient Merge Function Updates and How to Merge.

This course is a training for schools to enroll into the School Absenteeism System and complete the weekly reports. Participants will learn: 

  • Training for Schools to Enroll into the School
  • Absenteeism System and complete the weekly reports

This is a REDCap Training. In Part One, participants will learn how to access a REDCap User Account, create a new project, and access help and other resources.