Disease Management

Diseases are added and edited by authorized users from the Disease Code List page. To open the page, click the General Configuration > Disease Management menu link.

The Disease Code List page lists the current diseases within the application. Under the list of current diseases, the number of diseases displayed on the page is listed (for example, Showing 1 to 10 of 153 entries) and on the right side of that line are previous and forward arrows; click the arrows as needed to display additional diseases.

To add a new disease, click the Add New Disease button. See the Add a New Disease section below for more information.

To export the list of current diseases, click the CSV link in the Export options line at the bottom of the list. This list of current diseases is exported as a CSV file.

Add a New Disease

To add a new disease to the application, click the General Configuration > Disease Management menu link. On the Disease Code List page that opens, click the Add New Disease button. The Add/Edit Disease page opens. Enter the disease information and click Create New Disease Code. Click Reset to reset the fields and start over; click Cancel to return to the Disease Code List page without saving any changes.

The available fields and options on the Add/Edit Disease page are as follows. Required fields are red and have an asterisk after them.

Field	Description
Disease Name *	Enter the name of the disease. This field is required.
Disease Code	This is a read-only field that displays once the disease code has been entered.
Definition URL	Enter the website address (URL) for the disease definition.
Active *	Select this option if the disease is active within the application. (Default is selected.) To inactivate the disease, deselect the option.
Aggregate	If this disease is an aggregate, select this option. Default is deselected.
Disease Group *	Select the disease group from the drop-down list. This field is required.
Program Group *	Select the program group(s) from the list box. At least one program group is required.
Disease Class	Select the disease class from the drop-down list.
Definite Match Range	Enter the definite match range number and select the timeframe from the drop-down list (examples: Days, Hours, Weeks, Months)
Probable Match Range	Enter the probably match range number and select the timeframe from the drop-down list (examples: Days, Hours, Minutes, Weeks)
Definite Range Date	Select the definite range date category from the drop-down list. Examples: Onset Date (default), Diagnosis Date, Referral Date.
Probable Match Range Date *	Select the probably match range date category from the drop-down list. This field is required. Examples: Lab Report Date (default), Diagnosis Date, Onset date.
Match Range Default Date *	This is a read-only field that is pre-configured.
Investigator (Auto Assign Case)	To automatically assign the case to an investigator, select the user name from the drop-down list.
Supp Form Association 1 (Default)	To associate the disease to a supplemental form, select it from the drop-down list. This is the default form for the disease.
Supp Form Association 2-3	To associate the disease to a second and third supplemental form, select them from the related drop-down lists.
Communication Letter Path	If there is a communication letter, enter the path to it here.

After clicking the Create New Disease Code button, the Disease Code List page reopens with the newly added disease added to the list and a code number automatically assigned to it.

Edit a Disease

To edit a disease, first click the General Configuration > Disease Management menu link, then search for the disease and/or locate the disease in the search results list. Click the Edit Disease button for the disease in the list. The Add/Edit Disease page opens with that disease's details pre-populated in the fields. Make any necessary modifications and click Submit Changes when finished. To cancel without saving any changes, click Cancel.

The available fields on the Add/Edit Disease page are as follows. Required fields are red and have an asterisk after them.

Field	Description
Disease Name *	Enter the name of the disease. This field is required.
Disease Code	This is a read-only field that displays once the disease code has been entered.
Definition URL	Enter the website address (URL) for the disease definition.
Active *	Select this option if the disease is active within the application. (Default is selected.) To inactivate the disease, deselect the option.
Aggregate	If this disease is an aggregate, select this option. Default is deselected.
Disease Group *	Select the disease group from the drop-down list. This field is required.
Program Group *	Select the program group(s) from the list box. At least one program group is required.
Disease Class	Select the disease class from the drop-down list.
Definite Match Range	Enter the definite match range number and select the timeframe from the drop-down list (examples: Days, Hours, Weeks, Months)
Probable Match Range	Enter the probably match range number and select the timeframe from the drop-down list (examples: Days, Hours, Minutes, Weeks)
Definite Range Date	Select the definite range date category from the drop-down list. Examples: Onset Date (default), Diagnosis Date, Referral Date.
Probable Match Range Date *	Select the probably match range date category from the drop-down list. This field is required. Examples: Lab Report Date (default), Diagnosis Date, Onset date.
Match Range Default Date *	This is a read-only field that is pre-configured.
Investigator (Auto Assign Case)	To automatically assign the case to an investigator, select the user name from the drop-down list.
Supp Form Association 1 (Default)	To associate the disease to a supplemental form, select it from the drop-down list. This is the default form for the disease.
Supp Form Association 2-3	To associate the disease to a second and third supplemental form, select them from the related drop-down lists.
Communication Letter Path	If there is a communication letter, enter the path to it here.

Column/Option	Description
Show ___ entries	Select from the drop-down list the number of entries to display on the page: 10, 20, 50 or 100.
Search	Enter a few characters of the disease name, code, class, or supplemental form in the search field to narrow the list of diseases. The list automatically filters based on what is entered in the field.
Disease Name	The name of the disease.
Code	The disease's code number within the application.
Active	Whether or not the disease is active in the application (Yes/No).
Group	The disease group name.
Programs	The programs to which the disease belongs.
Class	The name of the disease class.
Supp Forms	The name of any supplemental forms.
Investigator	The name of the investigator.
Edit Disease	Click this button to edit the disease information. See Edit a Disease for more information.