Progress 08/15/10 to 08/14/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Develop high-quality outreach resources that help prevent impact of bio-security emergencies and disasters - New functions of the ODA information management system will provide the ability to more quickly communicate to practitioners, producers, other government entities, including USDA, APHIS, FSIS, FDA and obviously NAHLN. Real time reporting is critical to high quality outreach. Data systems and networking (biomedical informatics, data management systems, network integration, IT, etc.) - The ODA new system most important features include the interface of lab equipment to the information management system (as indicated by the requested equipment in this proposal), and streamlining and better assuring accuracy and interconnectivity between the various lab systems and sections. This additional ability and integration will facilitate ease with relaying/reporting information to the NAHLN, in addition to making the ODA laboratory more efficient and responsive. Diagnostic systems - The ODA new system brings more automation and interface to the laboratory bench and the information management system with new and replacement interfaces and ELISA reader systems. This will help stream line and assure better accuracy of testing and reporting of results. Data analysis processes for event detection - The new system will interconnect regulatory disease control program activity with the laboratory. The new system will also allow for more expanded data analysis in a timely manner which also directly impacts our ability to review surveillance and testing data and its possible implications to disease or event detection. Response activation and decision support - The new system allows for more information to be reviewed in a timelier manner, which in turn affords the ODA an opportunity to more quickly respond and report disease or event information. Having complete and timely information makes decision making much easier. Testing of the template and copy functions of AGTRAQ have shown improved efficiency. This has resulted in and increase in accuracy and speed when entering data. This added efficiency is very important as we continue to deal with budget cuts. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Under separate Agreement and initiative, ODA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio have been successful in developing an initial data platform supporting real-time sensory detection of animal movements, chemical/biological (chem./bio) exposure, predictive hazard spread modeling, and live field video and data transfer. This initiative is identified as Centralized Operational Web-enabled-systems Promoting Animal Traceability and Health (COWPATH) and is being constructed to complement AgTraq features and meet the common Mission Goals of ODA and the AFRL to: detect/identify, contain/engage, tag/track, eradicate/neutralize and assess/prevent anything, anytime, anywhere. COWPATH's foundation was constructed from AgTraq's software code and data model. Its functionality will include "Cloud Computing" capabilities. This project in and of itself has direct impact on the following outputs identified with five primary goals of the NAHLN: 1. Develop high-quality outreach resources that help prevent impact of bio-security emergencies and disasters - 2011 initiatives will include the testing/development/download of live video and data transfer to and from the field into the AgTraq/COWPATH system via cellular / android applications. 2. Data systems and networking (biomedical informatics, data management systems, network integration, IT, etc.) - 2011 initiatives will also include linking USDA's VSPS, MIMS, AINM and CoreOne individual systems into the AgTraq/COWPATH Cloud. 3. Diagnostic systems - 2011 initiatives will further develop AgTraq's capabilities to receive and analyze real-time sensory detection of chem/bio hazards. 4. Data analysis processes for event detection - 2011 initiatives will include: The development of AgTraq's electronic "Permit-To-Move" system designed to replace the ICVI paper-trail system. Once the Permit is validated and approved, the state veterinarian of the state of destination will receive an immediate notification of the origin, identification, and date animals will be moving into the state. Continued development of the chem/bio predictive spread model for Ohio and subsequent data link to the AgTraq/COWPATH Cloud. 5. Response activation and decision support - 2011 initiatives will continue the evolution of the AgTraq/COWPATH Cloud supporting real-time sensory detection of animal movements, chemical/biological (chem./bio) exposure, predictive hazard spread modeling, and live field video and data transfer. The overall objective of this initiative is to provide the state veterinarian the same capabilities of the military field commander to detect/identify, contain/engage, tag/track, eradicate/neutralize and assess/prevent anything, anytime, anywhere.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 08/15/09 to 08/14/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: We continue development of our new program, AGTRAQ, we have added several features that will be useful. We are now able to identify farms that fall within a specified radius of a single farm. The distance of the radius is defined by the user, a more contagious disease will require a larger radius. Included with the radius finder is the ability to look at the premises identified on a map. The program will take the coordinates of the premises and plot those coordinates on a map. The map is then displayed which will provide field veterinarians with a more accurate location of the premises they need to investigate. In addition to establishing farms within a specified radius, AGTRAQ allows us to track the movement of an animal. If an animal has moved, we are able to remove the animal from the inventory of the farm the animal is currently on and add the animal to the farm where the animal will be moved to. The functionality of knowing farms within a specified radius and any information on the movement of animals will be very useful in the event of a disease outbreak. Testing of the template and copy functions of AGTRAQ have shown improved efficiency. This has resulted in and increase in accuracy and speed when entering data. This added efficiency is very important as we continue to deal with budget cuts. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The laboratory staff has reviewed result definitions. The flexibility of being able to define as many result types as are needed has allowed the staff to customize the result definition to the test. The variation in how titer results are reported is handled with ease with this ability. Creating result definitions that are specific to the test helps the laboratory staff be more accurate as they define the results and the method for any of the services or tests performed in the laboratory. AGTRAQ is software as a service. This means that there is no special software required to use the program. As a web based application, AGTRAQ is available anywhere there is internet access 24 hours a day 7 days a week. AGTRAQ includes the ability to notify the Laboratory Director and State Veterinarian if there is a diagnosis on a case that they need to know about. Included in this functionality is the ability to identify Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Avian Influenza and/or Classical Swine Fever cases that have information and/or test results that need to be sent electronically to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) information system. Developing the database to include this functionality is an important step toward our ultimate goal of electronic transfer of information. Even though we are able to create and transmit a NAHLN message, our current process requires several individual steps to complete. We have developed an export routine in the new program that requires significantly less steps and will enable us to more efficiently transmit our NAHLN message. The setup portion of AGTRAQ allows us to define the test results we want to include in our message. This flexibility will enable us to adjust our reporting based on either current or future requirements of the NAHLN. Our next challenge is to confirm that the message we send will be received by the NAHLN. The developers of AGTRAQ have been in contact with the federal employees who support the NAHLN to determine what steps are necessary for our message to be received. After samples have been entered into AGTRAQ, we print bar codes to identify the sample. As laboratory personnel get samples for testing, they will use bar code readers to scan and identify which samples they have. This has assisted laboratory personnel as they identify samples and the specific tests those samples need. Once a sample has been scanned, we know what section of the laboratory has the sample enabling us to locate a sample quickly and easily. Through AGTRAQ, we are able to link a file to a case. After scanning submission forms, we are able to link the scanned form to the case giving anyone in the laboratory the ability to look at the submission form. This provides a means for laboratory personnel to review the submission form without having a physical copy of the form. Some of our submissions come in on official or regulatory forms. The scanner has allowd us to scan the completed regulatory paperwork and link that scanned image to the case. When all the necessary functionality has been added to AGTRAQ, our clients will be able to see and print out a copy of the completed form.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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