eManagement Tools

Humanitas’ eManagement tools provide structure to simplify and consolidate information and, at the same time, provide immediate, secure access via custom workflows:

• Collect and catalog comment on policy and procedure guidelines
• Collect, array, and report survey data
• Manage and track workflow to monitor program goals and objectives

Highlighted below are some examples of our eManagement tools’ solutions:

Collect and catalog comment

EAC Virtual Meeting Room: This permission-only feature on eac.gov provides the general public with an opportunity to view board members' online policy review work. 

Web-Based TGDC Recommended Guidelines: The guidelines are available online and members of the public may enter comments. An internal workflow allows EAC to process public comment and incorporate it into the Guidelines as appropriate. 

Collect, array, and report survey data

Federal Workload Analyses: Humanitas developed and administered various online data collection methods, including both open- and closed-ended web-based surveys to assist the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) in conducting a study to review the existing staffing model for review officers within the Center of Scientific Review (CSR). The results of the study were pivotal to the FY 2009 NIH budget process for resource allocation to CSR. The findings formed the basis for future studies to evaluate review officer requirements with administering the review process for basic grant applications.

Health-Related Surveys: Humanitas collects, manages, and analyzes health and wellness data for DOL's Job Corps via online surveys and reports. Example topics include health and wellness center staffing and program information, immunizations, STDs, pregnancy, disability, tobacco, alcohol, and drug data.

Manage and track workflow to monitor programs

Program Outcome Data System (PODS): NIH Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Program—Humanitas designed a comprehensive data system to assist NIH administrators with monitoring and evaluating the NIH SBIR Program. The data allows authorized NIH users to access information needed to monitor and evaluate performance, generate graphic displays that describe performance, query survey respondents for updated contact information, and view survey respondents’ contact information online.

Food Stamp Quality Control System: The FSQCS, designed and supported by Humanitas for the USDA Food and Nutrition Services, provides state welfare agencies with an automated system to perform federally mandated quality control reviews for the Food Stamp program. It also provides the federal government with a mechanism to monitor state agency quality control activity and performance levels in order to determine the amount of reimbursement due to the state agency or, conversely, the amount owed to the federal government.

Significant Incident Reporting System (SIRS): Humanitas developed a web-based reporting system as a means to maintain a current and central repository of information regarding serious incidents that occur at any of the 122 Job Corps centers around the country. SIRS provide data for analysis of trends to assist in management and policy decisions, allows regional staff access to data to monitor program compliance with policy and federal regulations, and help provide data to track trends to keep campuses safe.

eMobile: Humanitas designed this data collection and reporting application that can operate on a wireless mobile device. Its purpose is to streamline data collection and reporting of multiple clinical trials from remote locations. eMobile users can create and access their own private work lists, complete cancer clinical trial forms, save their work, and upload multiple forms to a secure database for review by trial administrators.

Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) for Palm Devices: Humanitas produced this prototype for health care providers with mobile access to an international standard reference for coding and reporting more than 300 adverse events in 24 categories. The CTC is a mandatory standard for grading adverse events for cancer patients who are participating in National Cancer Institute (NCI) clinical trials. It was developed upon request for the NCI for the Windows CE 2.0 environment (available on older Palm PCs), as well as for the Palm OS 3.0 environment (available on Palm Pilots).