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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25695-25696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10949]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2011-0004]

Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Messaging Guide for 
Syndromic Surveillance

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting 
public comment on the draft PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic 
Surveillance. The document translates the business requirement 
recommendations from the International Society for Disease Surveillance 
to technical specifications to support meaningful use of electronic 
health records for syndromic surveillance. Comments will be used to 
inform and finalize the Messaging Guide.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 20, 2011. 
See Addresses for instructions to submit comment.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments to the following address: 
Public Health Informatics and Technology Program Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-76, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Attn: PHIN Syndromic Surveillance Messaging 
Guide Comments (Docket No. CDC-2011-0004),
    You may also submit written comments electronically to http://www.regulations.gov. Comments must be identified by Docket No. CDC-
2011-0004. Please follow directions at http://wwww.regulations.gov to 
submit comments.
    All relevant comments received will be posted publicly without 
change, including any personal or proprietary information provided. An 
electronic version of the draft is available to download at http://www.regulations.gov and http://www.cdc.gov/phin/library/2011/guides/Syndromic_Surveillance_Implementation_Guide_Release_1_4.pdf.
    Written comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2011-0004, will be 
available for public inspection Monday through Friday, except for legal 
holidays, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, at 1600 
Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Please call ahead to (404) 
639-6100 and ask for a representative from the Public Health 
Informatics and Technology Program Office to schedule your visit. 
Comments may also be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nikolay Lipskiy, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Public Health Informatics and Technology 
Program Office; l600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-76, Atlanta, Georgia 
30329, phone 404-498-6100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International Society for Disease 
Surveillance (ISDS), with the support of CDC, convened a Meaningful Use 
Workgroup to define current syndromic surveillance business standards 
and data requirements. The goal of the ISDS workgroup is to ensure that 
public health authorities, health care professionals, Electronic Health 
Record (EHR) technology developers, and the HHS Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology have business standards 
that will best support meaningful use of EHRs for syndromic 
surveillance. The Final Recommendation from ISDS (available at http://www.syndromic.org/uploads/files/ISDSRecommendation_FINAL.pdf) was 
published in early January 2011. As the ISDS workgroup developed 
recommendations, the CDC Public Health Informatics and Technology 
Program Office, worked to translate the business requirement 
recommendations to technical specifications. This notice announces a 
draft PHIN Messaging

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Guide for Syndromic Surveillance available for public comment at http://www.regulations.gov and http://www.cdc.gov/phin/library/2011/guides/Syndromic_Surveillance_Implementation_Guide_Release_1_4.pdf

    Dated: April 27, 2011.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-10949 Filed 5-4-11; 8:45 am]
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