PHIN Guides
Cancer Reporting
| Document | Transaction | Standard(s) Used | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HL7 CDA ® Release 2 Implementation Guide: Reporting to Public Health Cancer Registries from Ambulatory Healthcare Providers, Release 1, DSTU Release 1.1 – US Realm | Cancer Reporting
(Stage 3 MU) |
HL7 CDA | Published |
| Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Healthcare Provider Reporting to Central Cancer Registries (March 2014) | Cancer Reporting
(Stage 2 MU) |
HL7 CDA | Published |
| Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Healthcare Provider Reporting to Central Cancer Registries (August 2012) | Cancer Reporting
(Stage 2 MU) |
HL7 CDA | Published |
Communications and Directory
| Document | Transaction | Standard(s) Used | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIN Communication and Alerting (PCA) Guide Version 1.3 (April 27, 2010) | Public Health Alerting | EDXL V 1.0
CAP V1.1 |
Published |
| PHIN Directory Exchange Implementation Guide Version 1.0 (May 16, 2007) | Public Health Directory Exchange | DSML 1.0 | Published |
ELR
| Document | Transaction | Standard(s) Used | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide:Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health (US Realm), Release 2, HL7 Informative Document (May 2014)
(HL7 account required) |
Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health | HL7 2.5.1 | Published |
Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI)
CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) supports Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) import of certain healthcare-associated infection (HAI) data. Please visit the NHSN CDA Submission Support Portal for the implementation guide, toolkits, training videos, and other resources.
Message Transport
| Document | Transaction | Standard(s) Used | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIN Exchange Developer Guide Version 1.0(April 30, 2010) | PHIN Exchange | XML | Published |
| SOAP | |||
| SSL | |||
| PHIN Secure Message Transport Guide Version 2.0 (July 31, 2008) | PHIN Secure Message Transport (PHIN MS) | SOAP 1.1 | Published |
| XML Digital Signature: RSA-1.5 and SHA-1 | |||
| XML Encryption: RSA-1.5 and Triple-DES-CBC | |||
| Two-way SSL 3.0 |
Notifiable Disease Case Notification
Please visit the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) Technical Resource Center at https://www.cdc.gov/nndss/trc/index.html. There, you can access finalized NNDSS HL7 Message Mapping Guides (MMGs), HL7 MMGs in development, MMG-related artifacts, and an archive of historical documentation.
Syndromic Surveillance
CDC, in collaboration with the International Society for Disease Surveillance, has developed and published syndromic surveillance messaging guides. These guides support Promoting Interoperability programs that employ health information technology to improve the quality and value of American healthcare. To access and use the HL7 implementation guides for the Syndromic Surveillance Promoting Interoperability objectives, please see the table below.
| Location | Transaction | Standard(s) Used | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syndromic Surveillance Message Mapping Guides | Syndromic surveillance transmissions from healthcare providers to public health | HL7 Version 2.5.1,
ICD-10-CM, SNOMED-CT, LOINC, Rx Norm, UCUM, CPT4 |
The following decisions were made by the ISDS Message Guide Workgroup as well as the changes to streamline and reduce redundancies from previous versions of the guide:
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