NJ LINCS Strategic Planning
Local Health Department Survey

The purpose of this survey is:

• To judge the capacity of local health departments to send, receive, and use electronic data.

• Capture the richness and diversity of the information technology environment with an eye towards a set of underlying standards.

• To judge the capacity of LINCS sites to serve as a bi-directional information hub for their CHAIN networks.

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Name:
Title:
Health Office/Department:
Email address:
Telephone:	-

1. Describe the various software that is in use in your agency to create, process, analyze, and secure data:

   Word Processing:   Yes   No		Please specify product(s) and version number(s)* (e.g., Microsoft Word 7.0, Wordperfect 8.0): For what kinds of projects do you use these products? How often?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year  How proficient is your staff overall?    Beginner   Competent   Expert
   		* Note: In most Windows applications you can see the version number by selecting "About" from the "Help" menu.
   Electronic Spreadsheet:   Yes   No		Please specify product(s) and version number(s) (e.g., Microsoft Excel): For what kinds of projects do you use these products? How often?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year  How proficient is your staff overall?  Beginner   Competent   Expert
   General Purpose Database:   Yes   No		Please specify product(s) and version number(s) (e.g., MS-Acccess, dBase, Paradox): For what kinds of projects do you use these products? How often?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year  How proficient is your staff overall?  Beginner   Competent   Expert
   Specialized Database:   Yes   No		Please specify product(s) and version number(s) (e.g., CASA, Epi-Info): For what kinds of projects do you use these products? How often?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year  How proficient is your staff overall?  Beginner   Competent   Expert
   Commercial or Custom Developed Database:   Yes   No		Please specify product(s) and version number(s): For what kinds of projects do you use these products? How often?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year  How proficient is your staff overall?  Beginner   Competent   Expert
   Statistical Software:   Yes   No		Please specify product(s) and version number(s) (e.g., SAS, SPSS): For what kinds of projects do you use these products? How often?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year  How proficient is your staff overall?  Beginner   Competent   Expert
   Anti-virus Software:   Yes   No		Please specify product(s) and version number(s) (e.g., Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Deluxe 7.9.5): How often do you scan?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year  Is the software kept current?  Yes   No   Don't Know
   Data Backup:   Yes   No		Please specify method(s) used (e.g., tape, ZIP drive, LAN backup): How often do you backup data?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year
   Other Software:   Yes   No		Please specify product(s) and version number(s): For what kinds of projects do you use these products? How often?       Daily   Weekly   Monthly   Few Times a Year  How proficient is your staff overall?  Beginner   Competent   Expert

   
   
   
2. Which of the following strategies does your agency use to (check all that apply):

   	Send data?	Receive data?
   US Mail
   Courier/Over Night
   FAX
   Text E-mail
   E-mail w/attachments
   Tape or Diskette
   FTP or Other Electronic Transfer

   Other:  

   Please provide some examples to characterize your agency's use:

   
   
   
3. Do you feel you are adequately dealing with issues of:

   Virus protection?	Yes   No
   Data backup and recovery?	Yes   No
   Y2K?	Yes   No
   Agency liability regarding information use?	Yes   No
   General issues regarding information security?	Yes   No

   
   
   
4. Identify the operating system used (check all that apply):

   MS-DOS

   Windows 3.1/ WFW 3.11

   Windows 95/98

   Windows NT

   UNIX

   Mainframe

   Other

5. Describe the type and quantity of technical support available to your agency to support these activities (e.g., office staff member or contractor, county services, other):
   
   
   
6. Please indicate any plans for 1999-2000 that you expect to be different from the current situation as described above:
   
   
   

LINCS Sites only

7. Please describe any challenges you have had establishing or maintaining your list of contacts for your CHAIN network.
   
   
   
8. Please describe the methods you have used to establish your CHAIN system which may aid or serve as a model for other LINCS sites.

Connecting Sites only

9. Does your LINCS site communicate with you electronically to distribute information (Public Health Alerts, advisories, etc.)?

   Yes

   No

   
   
   If yes, through what method (check all that apply)?:

   FAX
   Text E-mail
   E-mail w/attachments

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HLN Consulting LLC Direct comments and questions to Dr. Noam H. Arzt, arzt@hln.com URL:  http://www.hln.com/clients/njlincs/survey/survey.html Last modified:  19 November 1999