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Attendees:
Jamie Thomas (Regenstrief)
Angad Dhindsa (MEASURE Evaluation)
Manish Kumar (MEASURE Evaluation)
Jennifer Shivers (Regenstrief)
Mark DeZalia (OGAC)
James Kariuki (CDC)
Vlad Shioshvili (Measure Evaluation)
Angela (USAID)
Michael Mwebaze (MEASURE Evaluation/JSI
Stacey Berlow (MEASURE Evaluation)
Annah Ngaruro (ICF)
Denise Johnson (MEASURE Evaluation)
Donna Medeiros
Terry Zagar (Tanzania)
Vilma Thomas (CDC)
Brianna
Corey
Mary Kratz (DoD)
Lon Gowen (USAID/M/CIO)
Mike Gehron (OGAC)
Jim Grace (HISP)
Carl Leitner (IntraHealth)
Krissy Celentano (USAID/GH)
David Poreda (PwC)
Alejandra Covarrubias (PwC-OGAC)
Dana Juthe (PwC)
Steven Verner (Tanzania)
Agenda:
Welcome and purpose of the meeting - Annah Overview of the SIMS Data Model in DATIM - Annah Overview of the ADX Standard - Vlad Sample SIMS ADX message Explained - Vlad Minutes:
Welcome and purpose of the meeting - Annah Discuss PEPFAR Data Exchange. Have dialouge and discussion on questions and concerns The call today will be specifically around SIMS We hold other calls; umbrella call, data import, SIMS This is the model we have arrived at around SIMS - Architecture-based approach to data exchange Overview of the SIMS Data Model in DATIM - Annah Lon - Data type documents available? Data version control logs are available. Question about the format of the date. YYYYMMDD? - SIMS date reported on day of collection Lon - Size of integer field would be nice to have Vilma - S ome RESP's are numbered not bool Would need to do a mapping betweeen the SIMS code and the DATIM field code Vilma - There is a need to identify SNU levels Overview of the ADX Standard - Vlad Sample SIMS ADX message Explained - Vlad Q- Can you use UUIDs? A - Yes Q - is there a question structure? - A- No, this is for aggregate data. Data is for an org unit for a period for a specific mechanism Q - How does this relate to the cover page and actual questions? Might be helpful to have a cover page and show how the ADX message looks for that cover page. Want to see data in the tool and in the message ADX is moving towards import and export in the standard No plans to desupport DXF2 Sample shown was designed to show structure, not a full message Q - are the 5 groups shown required? A- yes transmit date is in the header of the ADX DHIS2 developers manual covers the response that will be received after processing Q- What is the response like? - it will tell you that 8 were updated and one had an error Next PEPFAR-DEIC Umbrella call is on December 2nd @9am ET Mark would like to hear if this SIMS call was a useful call and if there is any feedback on how we can improve our call Lon - I think this call was useful. Do we have timelines for implementation by agencies? Mark - Will be sending out information on how to access development update Denise - mid-february timeline for development What is the plan for January? James - This is the first version of ADX and we will learn more as we use it.