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Bethany Bradshaw, MPH Applied Public Health Informatics Fellow,

Responding to the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Public Health Objectives: Case Studies from State Public Health Agencies. Emilie Lamb, MSPH Meaningful Use Consultant, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Bethany Bradshaw, MPH Applied Public Health Informatics Fellow,

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Bethany Bradshaw, MPH Applied Public Health Informatics Fellow,

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  1. Responding to the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Public Health Objectives: Case Studies from State Public Health Agencies Emilie Lamb, MSPH Meaningful Use Consultant, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Bethany Bradshaw, MPH Applied Public Health Informatics Fellow, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

  2. Overview • Stage 2 Meaningful Use (MU) Public Health Reporting Task Force recommendations for supporting MU • Five common Stage 2 MU challenges facing public health agencies (PHAs): • Assessing need • Selecting a platform for registering providers • Coordinating across public health programs • Structuring registrations • Acknowledgements • Registration experience to date • Questions

  3. Task Force Recommendations New PHA Administrative Tasks Source: Stage 2 Meaningful Use Public Health Reporting Task Force.

  4. Ways to Meet Stage 2 Public Health Objectives Source: Stage 2 Meaningful Use Public Health Reporting Task Force.

  5. Assessing Need • No requirement for PHAs • Which public health programs to include? • State mandates existing registration systems? • Use beyond MU?

  6. Selecting a Platform • FUNDING • Expanding existing systems vs. new development • Custom vs. out of the box • Connectivity with other systems • User authentications and permissions

  7. Coordinating across Public Health Programs • System/data ownership and privacy • Maintaining and enhancing the system • Public health program autonomy: • Getting “buy-in” • Coordinating with existing registration systems • Defining “On-boarding Process” and “Ongoing Submission” • Acknowledgements

  8. Structuring Registrations

  9. Acknowledgements • Defining statuses • Task Force recommendations • Delivery mechanism: • Email • Physical letters (mailed or faxed) • Posting to a website • Preparing for audits

  10. Registration Experience to Date • Total number of registrations • Hospitals • EPs • Number of Acknowledgements sent • Plans for maintenance and upgrades

  11. Bethany Bradshaw, MPH Wisconsin Department of Health Services Bethany.Bradshaw@gmail.com Emilie Lamb, MSPH North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Emilie.Lamb@dhhs.nc.gov

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