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Description

The HL7 messaging standard, version two that was implemented by most vendors and public health agencies did not resolve all systems’ interoperability problems. Design and tool implementation for automated machine-testing messages may resolve many of those problems. This task also has critical importance for rapid deployment of electronic public health systems.

Objective

This document describes the Public Health Information Network (PHIN) efforts on the development of the MQF, a flexible framework of services and utilities designed to assist public health partners with preparing and communicating quality, standard electronic messages.

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Description

The HL7 messaging standard, version two that was implemented by most vendors and public health agencies did not resolve all systems’ interoperability problems. Design and tool implementation for automated machine-testing messages may resolve many of those problems. This task also has critical importance for rapid deployment of electronic public health systems.

 

Objective

This document describes the Public Health Information Network efforts on the development of the messaging quality framework, a flexible framework of services and utilities designed to assist public health partners with preparing and communicating quality, standard electronic messages.

 

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Description

PHIN-MS can send and receive data securely and automatically. It is used by many hospitals in the state(s) to send data to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) for both our National Electronic Disease Surveillance System and our South Carolina Early Aberration Alerting Network syndromic surveillance system.

Objective

The objective of this presentation is to review and evaluate the use of Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Messaging Service (PHIN-MS)2 for the data transfer of the syndromic data between hospitals and public health. Included is an overview of the methodology used for PHIN-MS, and a review of the usage, adoption, benefits, and challenges within the hospitals and public health agencies in South Carolina. A formal survey is planned with results discussed during the presentation of this manuscript.

 

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Description

The Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Messaging Service (PHINMS) is a PHIN-certified messaging system, initiated and supported by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. PHINMS is widely used by many hospitals in the state(s) to send their Electronic Lab Reports. The PHINMS architecture allows for multiple data streams and routing configurations. However, many states are still using the legacy File Transport Protocol for their syndromic data transfer. There are many benefits in utilizing PHINMS that will be outlined in this presentation. PHINMS contains two components: sender and receiver. A PHINMS entity (either a hospital or DOH) can act as both/either a sender and/or a receiver. This makes two-way communication possible via the same PHINMS connection.

 

OBJECTIVE

This presentation describes the secure and reliable data transfer methodology of syndromic data between hospitals and public health agencies using the PHINMS. Included is an overview of PHINMS and several programs South Carolina has developed including Auto Send, Data Extract, Email Notification, and Self-Issued Security Certificates. These programs are configurable for different hospitals and run automatically. The system can be easily adopted and customized by other states.

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Description

The final rules released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services specified the initial criteria for eligible hospitals to qualify for an incentive payment by demonstrating meaningful use of certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology. Syndromic surveillance reporting is one of three public health objectives that eligible hospitals can choose for stage 1. The PHIN messaging guide for syndromic surveillance was published for hospitals to construct emergency department data using Admit Discharge Transfer (ADT) messages, with the minimum dataset that is standard among hospitals and public health agencies. Currently New York hospitals are reporting emergency department (ED) visit data to the NY syndromic surveillance (SS) system. Patient chief complaint data are monitored for trends of illness at the community level in order to detect possible outbreaks and situational awareness.

Objective: 

To evaluate the readiness and timeliness of ED data submitted by hospitals following PHIN syndromic surveillance messaging guide and to evaluate the availability of minimum data elements. To validate the accuracy and completeness of data from ADT messages compared with data currently reported to the NY syndromic surveillance system.

 

Submitted by Magou on

ISDS, in collaboration with and with the support of CDC, recently released a new version of the PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance. This Guide expands on previous versions and includes specifications for transmitting hospital inpatient electronic health record (EHR) information for syndromic surveillance. The webinar will focus on leading participants through the new Guide, explaining the various sections and changes, and showing public health practitioners and vendors how the Guide may be useful in practice. 

Presenter

This document lists conformance testing issues and associated policies derived by NIST, in collaboration with the CDC, based on a review of the HL7 Version 2.5.1 PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department, Urgent Care, Inpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings, Release 2.0, April 21, 2015, and Erratum to the CDC PHIN 2.0 Implementation Guide, August 20, 2015. The policies listed in this document are implemented in the NIST syndromic surveillance conformance test suite. 

Submitted by elamb on

This addendum consolidates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department, Urgent Care, Inpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings (Release 2.0) (PHIN MG) information and clarifies existing conformance requirements. Conformance statements and conditional predicates that clarify message requirements are presented below. Value set requirements, general clarifications, and PHIN MG errata are also provided in this addendum. 

Submitted by elamb on

This document represents the collaborative effort of the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to specify a national electronic messaging standard that enables disparate healthcare applications to submit or transmit administrative and clinical data for public health surveillance and response.

This Guide provides:

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