Syndromic Surveillance

Configuring RPMS-EHR for Meaningful Use

Resource Patient Management System

Presenters:

Amy Groom, MPHIHS Immunization Program Manager

Immunization Registries

MU Objective

“Capability to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and actual submission in accordance with applicable law and practice.”

- 42 CFR Part 495.6,(e)(7)(i)

Syndromic Surveillance

Applicability

• Eligible Professionals (EP)• Eligible Hospitals• Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)

Syndromic Surveillance

Training Objectives

• Perform at least one test of certified EHR technology’s capacity to provide electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and follow-up submissions if the test is successful.

Syndromic Surveillance

MU Measure

Type of Measure: Attestation

Syndromic Surveillance

Threshold

Perform at least one test of certified EHR technology's capacity to provide electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and follow-up submission if the test is successful.

• Public Health Agency = IHS Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention

Syndromic Surveillance

RPMS Reporting Logic

Measure Inclusions:COUNT: eligible providers

HAVING: performed at least one test of the certified EHR technology’s capacity to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies during the EHR reporting period

AND HAVING: performed follow-up submission if the test was successful during the EHR reporting period

Syndromic Surveillance

RPMS Reporting Logic

Measure Exclusion:• EPs who do not collect any reportable syndromic

surveillance information on patients during the EHR reporting period are excluded from this measure.

• Where no public health agency exists that has the capacity to receive information electronically during the EHR reporting period, the provider may be excluded from this measure and will have to attest to this in separate documentation to CMS.

Syndromic Surveillance

Public Health Surveillance

• Participation in the IHS Influenza Awareness System (IIAS)– Regular data exports sent to the IHS Division of

Epidemiology and Disease Prevention (DEDP)• Install PCC Reports (APCL) Version 3.0 Patch 27• Sign up to receive an e-mail export file receipt

notification• A copy of the e-mail confirmation export file receipt

will serve as the attestation of this measure for MU

To Set up Email Notification• Find the Area - Service Unit - Facility (ASUFAC) code for your site at:

http://www.ihs.gov/scb//index.cfm?module=W_FACILITY&option=list&num=38&newquery=1 (in the column titled ‘code’).

• Prepare an e-mail to the IHS Help Desk (support@ihs.gov) with the subject line:“Flu Illness and Lab Reporting System - export file receipt.”

• Include in the body of the message: "Helpdesk - this request should be routed to the ILI Contact Request

Support personnel. Please add the e-mail address(es): [list e-mail address(es)]to the list of users who automatically receive an e-mail after an export file is sent to the IHS Data Integration Service. I am requesting export file receipt notifications for the site [site name here] with ASUFAC code [ASUFAC code here].”

• Send the e-mail message.

Questions & Discussion

Syndromic Surveillance