Electronic reporting allows Eligible Professionals and Eligible Hospitals with certified electronic medical records to meet the Meaningful Use measures related to Public Health.
| Public Health Objectives for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health Meaningful Use Measure | Eligible Hospital (EH) Requirement | Health Department Status | |
| Measure 1: Immunization Registry Reporting | EH is in active engagement with the public health agency to submit immunization data and receive immunization forecasts and histories from the public health immunization registry. | Not ready at this time to send immunization forecasts and histories from the immunization registry. | |
| Measure 2: Syndromic Surveillance Reporting | EH is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit syndromic surveillance data from an urgent care setting. | Accepting Syndromic Surveillance Reporting. See Eligible Hospital Instructions. | |
| Measure 3: Electronic Case Reporting | EH is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit case reporting of reportable diseases. | Not ready at this time to receive Electronic Case Reporting | |
| Measure 4: Public Health Registry Reporting | EH is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit data to public health registries. | Not ready at this time to receive Public Health Registry Reporting | |
| Measure 5: Clinical Data Registry Reporting | EH is in active engagement to submit data to a clinical data registry. | Not applicable to the Vermont Department of Health. For more information, see Public Health Objective Reporting. | |
| Measure 6: Electronic Reportable Laboratory Result Reporting | EH is in active engagement with the public health agency to submit electronic reportable laboratory results. | All Eligible Hospitals are currently engaged | |
| Public Health Objectives for Eligible Professionals* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health Meaningful Use Measure | Eligible Professional (EP) Requirement | Health Department Status | |
| Measure 1: Immunization Registry Reporting | EP is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit immunization data and receive immunization forecasts and histories from the public health immunization registry. | Not ready at this time to send immunization forecasts and histories from the immunization registry. | |
| Measure 2: Syndromic Surveillance Reporting | EP is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit syndromic surveillance data. | Not ready at this time to receive Syndromic Surveillance Reporting from EPs. | |
| Measure 3: Electronic Case Reporting | EP is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit case reporting of reportable conditions. | Not ready at this time to receive Electronic Case Reporting. | |
| Measure 4: Public Health Registry Reporting | EP is in active engagement with the public health agency to submit data to public health registries. | Not ready at this time to receive Public Health Registry Reporting. | |
| Measure 5: Clinical Data Registry Reporting | EP is in active engagement to submit data to a clinical data registry. | Not applicable to the Vermont Department of Health. For more information, see Public Health Objective Reporting. | |
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*NOTE: Health Department is not ready at this time to received HL7 electronic messages from EPs for the Cancer Registry. |
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The Vermont Department of Health Immunization Registry can receive submission of immunization data.
Format: HL7 VXU v2.5.1
Resources
Contact Information
Submit a ticket to MyVITL and copy Karen Clark and Craig Hill
Vermont Department of Health can receive electronic laboratory reports (ELR) from Eligible Hospitals.
Format: HL7 ORU v2.5.1
Resources
Contact information
Karen Clark
Phone: 802-863-7653
The Vermont Department of Health has the capacity to accept electronic data from hospitals that meets stage 2 meaningful use (MU2) standards for syndromic surveillance. This capacity is being achieved through the department’s adoption of BioSense 2.0, a syndromic surveillance system developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The department is not currently accepting syndromic surveillance data from Eligible Professionals.
Sharing & Data Use Agreement
Eligible Hospitals wishing to enroll in this new syndromic surveillance program must first sign the BioSense 2.0 Vermont Information Sharing & Data Use Agreement (DUA). A template DUA can be found below.
Before signing this document, contact Veronica Fialkowski for a DUA with your facility’s information.
Guides and Requirements
Eligible Hospitals who are adopting this new syndromic surveillance program should consult these materials:
- Data Set Requirements for BioSense 2.0, v.3.1
- The following PHIN Guides:
- PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1 (August 2012)
- PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Addendum Release 1.1 (August 2012)
- PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1 (August 2012) Testing Clarification Release 1.2 (February 2013)
Contact information
Veronica Fialkowski
Phone: 802-863-7653