Guides

Standard messages and associated vocabularies are a critical part of ensuring interoperability among public health systems as well as ensuring that public health systems can work with health care, environmental, homeland defense, and other external systems and networks.

Guides/Artifacts for the 2015 Edition EHR Certification Criteria

The following guides/artifacts are specified in the 2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program regulation.

• Transmission to immunization registries
  [Ambulatory and Inpatient Settings]
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1: Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.5
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1: Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.5 Addendum
• Transmission to public health agencies – reportable laboratory tests and values/results
  [Inpatient Settings]
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide: Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health, Release 1 (US Realm), with Errata and Clarificationsexternal icon
  • 2.5.1 Clarification Document for EHR Technology Certification v1.2, March 22, 2013 pdf icon[PDF – 608 KB]
• Transmission to public health agencies – syndromic surveillance
  [Emergency Department, Urgent Care, and Inpatient Settings]
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department, Urgent, Ambulatory Care and Inpatient Settings, Release 2.0 pdf icon[PDF – 2.5 MB]
  • Erratum to the CDC PHIN 2.0 Implementation Guide August 2015 Erratum to the CDC PHIN 2.0 Messaging Guide, April 2015 Release for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department, Urgent Care, Inpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings pdf icon[PDF – 863 KB]
• [Ambulatory Settings]
  • No implementation guide
• Transmission to cancer registries
  [Ambulatory Settings]
  • HL7 CDA ® Release 2 Implementation Guide: Reporting to Public Health Cancer Registries from Ambulatory Healthcare Providers, Release 1, DSTU Release 1.1 – US Realmexternal icon
• Transmission to public health agencies – case reporting
  [Ambulatory and Inpatient Settings]
  • No implementation guide
• Transmission to public health agencies – antimicrobial use and resistance reporting
  [Ambulatory and Inpatient Settings]
  • HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2 – Level 3: Healthcare Associated Infection Reports, Release 1 – US Realm – August 2013 (Sections i, ii, and iii)external icon
• Transmission to public health agencies – health care surveys
  [Ambulatory and Inpatient Settings]
  • HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: National Health Care Surveys (NHCS), Release 1, DSTU Release 1.1 US Realmexternal icon

Guides/Artifacts for the 2014 Edition EHR Certification Criteria

• Immunization Objective
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1: Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.4 pdf icon[PDF – 3.8 MB]
• Reportable Lab Results Objective
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide: Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health, Release 1 (US Realm), with Errata and Clarificationsexternal icon
  • 2.5.1 Clarification Document for EHR Technology Certification v1.2, March 22, 2013 pdf icon[PDF – 608 KB]
• Syndromic Surveillance Objective
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1pdf icon (August 2012)
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Addendum Release 1.1 pdf icon[PDF] (August 2012)
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1 (August 2012),Testing Clarification Release 1.2pdf icon (February 2013)
• Cancer Reporting Objective
  • Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Healthcare Provider Reporting to Central Cancer Registries August 2012 pdf icon[PDF – 1.9 MB]
• Specialized Registries Objective
  • (No Implementation Guide Specified)

Guides/Artifacts for the 2011 Edition EHR Certification Criteria

• Immunization Objective
  •   Implementation Guide for Immunization Data Transactions using Version 2.3.1 of the Health Level Seven (HL7) Protocol, Version 2.2 June 2006 pdf icon[PDF – 2.2 MB]
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1: Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.0 Published 5/1/2010 pdf icon[PDF – 3.6 MB]

  Reportable Lab Results Objective

  •   HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide: Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health, Release 1 (US Realm)external icon
• Syndromic Surveillance Objective
  • (No Implementation Guide Specified)