International Society for Disease Surveillance

Syndromic Surveillance for Meaningful Use: Inpatient and Ambulatory Clinical Care Data

Process Details

This project will recommend Public Health Syndromic Surveillance (PHSS) guidelines that support public health authorities in using certified hospital inpatient and ambulatory EHR data for timely and effective public health prevention and response. The recommendations will be used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) to clarify the public health surveillance measure in future Meaningful Use stages.


Timeline


Process:

Call for work group nominations

Call for potential meaningful PHSS data use

Potential outcomes review and preliminary recommendations

Preliminary stakeholder and member commenting

Review preliminary stakeholder comments and make Revised Guidelines

Revised Guidelines stakeholder and member commenting

Review stakeholder input and make final recommendations

Release Final Recommended Guidelines


Call for nominations to Meaningful Use Workgroup: Complete

October 27, 2011 - November 16, 2011

Meaningful Use Workgroup



Call for potential uses of public health syndromic surveillance data: Complete

October 27, 2011 - December 12, 2011

Call for Potential Uses Results


Potential uses review and draft guidelines development: Complete

December 2011 - March 2012

Draft Guidelines for Syndromic Surveillance Using Inpatient and Ambulatory Clinical Care EHR Data



Preliminary stakeholder and member commenting: Complete

March 6, 2012 - April 2, 2012

Comment Submission Form (Now closed)



Review preliminary stakeholder comments and make Revised Guidelines

April 2012 - May 2012

The Revised Guidelines report is expected to be available on June 4, 2012



Revised Guidelines stakeholder and member commenting

June 2012 - July 2012

Stakeholders and ISDS members can comment on the ISDS MUse Workgroup's revised recommendations for 30-days.



Review Revised Guidelines stakeholder input and make Recommended Guidelines

July 2012 - August 2012

The ISDS MUse Workgroup will review stakeholder comments, and finalize recommendations for ISDS Board approval.



Final recommendations: Recommended Guidelines

Tentative: September 2012

The final recommendations report is expected to be available on September 7, 2012