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 Clarifications  
  • 2.5.1 Clarification Document for EHR Technology Certification v1.2 [PDF - 609 B]
• 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
  • 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
• [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 Realm
• 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)
• 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 Realm

Guides/Artifacts for the 2014 Edition EHR Certification Criteria

• Immunization Objective
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1: Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.4
• Reportable Lab Results Objective
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide: Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health, Release 1 (US Realm), with Errata and Clarifications  
  • 2.5.1 Clarification Document for EHR Technology Certification v1.2 [PDF - 609 B]
• Syndromic Surveillance Objective
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1 (August 2012) (https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/documents/guides/phin_msg_guide_for_ss_ed_and_uc_data_v1_1.pdf)
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Addendum Release 1.1 (August 2012) (https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/documents/guides/ss-addendum_v1_1.pdf)
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1 (August 2012),Testing Clarification Release 1.2 (February 2013) (https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/documents/guides/ss_mu-testingclarification_r1_2_02152013.pdf
• Cancer Reporting Objective
  • Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Healthcare Provider Reporting to Central Cancer Registries August 2012
• 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
  • HL7 Version 2.5.1: Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.0 Published 5/1/2010
  Reportable Lab Results Objective
  •   HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide: Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health, Release 1 (US Realm)
• Syndromic Surveillance Objective
  • (No Implementation Guide Specified)