Orpheus is a joint database development and integration effort co-sponsored by the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP) and the HIV, Sexually Transmitted Disease and Tuberculosis (HST) Programs within the Oregon Public Health Division. Orpheus is an integrated electronic disease surveillance system intended for local and state public health epidemiologists and disease investigators to efficiently manage communicable disease reports.

Orpheus Training Videos

Orpheus training videos (through YouTube)

• 01 - Case Entry
• 02 - Basic Search
• 03 - Advanced Search
• 04 - Running Reports
• 05 - Maintaining Medical Contacts
• 06 - Electronic Lab Reports
• 07 - STD Entry
• 08 - Transfer Cases and Contacts
• 09 - Navigation and FileMaker Basics 

Other Training Materials

Orpheus Minutes

• Stakeholder Meetings

Orpheus Security Documents

• Confidentiality Oath (pdf)
• Cross-jurisdictional Sharing (pdf)
• Security Policies and Procedures (pdf)
• Revision History
•  DHS Remote Access Request (pdf)

Other Related Links

• Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR)
• ESSENCE  Syndromic Surveillance
• Meaningful use and the Health Information Exchange (HIE)