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OVERS Resources
General Information Tutorials
Frequently Asked Questions Forms and Lists
General Publications Reports
OVERS Newsletters System Requirements
User Guides Links
Biometric Drivers/Instructions Other State EDRS Programs
General Information
 
This page contains links to various OVERS resources, including presentations, newsletters, user guides, forms and other reports and information.   If you think additional information should be included on this page, please send a note to Karen Hampton, the OVERS Manager.
 
 

Frequently Asked Questions
 
OVERS Overview FAQs
Death/EDRS FAQs
Birth/EBRS FAQs
Information Technology (IT) FAQs
 
 

General Publications

Publication  Resource Type  Date
Discontinuing Fillable PDF Death Certificate
Copy of letter mailed to all Funeral Homes on 3/5/08
General Info (pdf) March 2008
EBRS (Birth) General Presentation PowerPoint November 2007
EBRS Hospital Notification Letter General Info (pdf) October 2007
SSA Form 721 Letter
No need to send in Form 721 when using EDRS
General Info (pdf) July 2007
Oregon's Experience with EDR Biometrics
(presentation at 2007 NAPHSIS conference)
PowerPoint June 2007
EBRS (Birth Module) Kick Off Meeting PowerPoint December 2006
Selected Rules and Laws General Info (pdf) December 2006
EDRS Brochure General Info (pdf) October 2006
EDRS (Death) General Presentation PowerPoint February 2006
 
 

OVERS Newsletters

OVERS News Date
Overview Issue October 2007
Issue 1 November 2005 
Issue 2 March 2006
Issue 3 May 2006 
Issue 4 October 2006
Issue 5 April 2007
Issue 6 - Birth July 2007
Issue 7 May 2008
Issue 8 - Birth June 2008

User Guides
 
Quick Start Guides
 
These are short (2-page) "cheat sheets" to help remind you of how to perform the most common tasks in the system.
 
Funeral Home QuickStart Guide - Added 5/2/2007
Medical Facility Death QuickStart Guide - Added 5/2/2007
County Vital Records QuickStart Guide - General - Updated 12/12/2007
County Vital Records QuickStart Guide - Order Processing - Updated 12/12/2007
Birth Facility QuickStart Guide - Added 12/12/2007
 
User Guides
 
Caution, most of these are extremely large pdf files. The file size is noted after each link.
 
Funeral Home User Guide17mb - Updated 3/16/2007
Death Medical Facility User Guide15mb - Updated 3/16/2007
Medical Examiner User Guide17mb - Added 3/16/2007
County Vital Records Staff User Guide - 23mb - Updated 12/12/2007
County Vital Records Staff Biometric Enrollment Guide - 691kb (small) - Added 12/12/2007
Birth Facility User Guide15mb - Added 12/12/2007
 
 
 

Biometric Drivers/Instructions
 
Biometric Device Setup and Installation Instructions
Windows 2000, XP and Vista  (updated March 2008)
 
Biometric Device Drivers
 
If you do not have a biometric installation CD, you can download a zip file containing the basic drivers for installing the biometric device into your computer.  Choose your operating system, then save the file on your computer.  After unzipping, you can use these drivers when installing your biometric device by following the device driver setup instructions available above.  The other software needed to make the biometric device work with the OVERS system is available from within DAVE under Main > Help > Biometric Setup Files.
 
Windows 2000 or XP (added March 27, 2007)
Windows Vista (added November 21, 2007)
 
 

Tutorials
 
Go to our OVERS Tips page for helpful tips on using the OVERS software.
Go to our tutorials page for instructions on how to perform many common tasks in DAVE.
 
Update 5/23/07 - Tutorials were added for the new features from our May 2007 software upgrade.
 
 
 

Forms and Lists
 
OVERS User Enrollment Form
Useful OVERS Resources List
Other Vital Statistics Registration materials including Instructions and Forms
 
 

Reports

Publication  Date
Vital Records Certificate Printing Cover Letter  May 2007
Vital Records Certificate Printer Recommendations  May 2007
EDRS Impact Assessment, with Communications and Support Plan  February 2006
 
 

System Requirements
 
General System Requirements
 
There is a separate page listing the OVERS system requirements.
You can also download a one-page pdf version of the requirements.
 
 

Links
 

OVERS System Status About Registering Vital Records
OVERS/DAVE Login Page Oregon County Vital Records Offices
EDRS Stakeholders Social Security Administration
National Association of Public Health Statistics
and Information Systems (NAPHSIS)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
 
 

Other State EDRS Programs
 
California
Minnesota
Nebraska
New York City
 
 

 
Page updated: July 24, 2008

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