Catalog

Validation of Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS) Data and Implications for Improving Data Quality and Representativeness

Document

Surveillance modernization efforts emphasize the potential use of electronic health record (EHR) data to inform public health surveillance and prevention. However, EHR data streams vary widely in their completeness, accuracy, and representativeness. This publication describes a validation process developed by the Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS) pilot project to identify and resolve data quality issues that could affect chronic disease prevalence estimates.

Year released: 2024

Topics
All Programs
Data Quality

Public Health FHIR Playbook

Document

The Public Health FHIR Playbook is designed by the Public Health FHIR Implementation Collaborative (PHFIC) to help state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) public health agencies successfully implement FHIR, a standard for electronic health data exchange. PHFIC developed the Playbook to describe FHIR, its policy context, and steps that enable successful FHIR implementation at public health agencies.

Year released: 2024

Topics
All Programs
FHIR

Birth Defect Surveillance

Self Assessment

Readiness assessment designed to increase state birth defects program capability to exchange electronic health information with clinical electronic health records systems (EHRs).

Year released: 2021

Topics
Birth Defects
Project Management

The Public Health Interoperability Training Catalog is administered by Altarum as part of a forthcoming Public Health Interoperability Resource Center that is in development with input from the Public Health community.
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