20220509 Q1 PHWG WGM Minutes

Laura Rappleye 

• Development and Maintenance of Immunization FHIR resources – this is an active project; changes will be forthcoming for inclusion in FHIR R5
• Immunization Forecasting – This is an active project. It lacks sponsorship and so progress is slow. A publication is expected in 2023.
• Immunization v2.8.2 – The IG produced by this project is expected to be retired. Version 2.5.1 is widely adopted. An effort is underway to digitize the v2.5.1 IG and to make incremental improvements.
• VCI Smart Cards – This IG was balloted in 2021; many states in the US are starting to implement it. We need to reach out to Max Mesnick to get a status update on the project.
• NHSN Adverse Drug Events – We need to reach out to Sarah Gaunt to get an update.
• Longitudinal Maternal & Infant Health Information for Research – is in ballot this cycle.
• Clinical Registry Extraction and Data Submission – is in development
• Medicolegal Death Investigation – is in ballot this cycle.
• ODH in HL7 v2 and FHIR – collecting feedback. Adoption is hampered by slow EHR inclusion of job occupation and industry data. This may change with the adoption of occupation and industry data elements in release 3 of the USCDI in July.
• Vital Records DAM R5 – approved for publication. There are two project insight entries for this project (1296 and 1432). AbdulMalik Shakir  to work with Dave Hamill to resolve this.
• Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting v2.6 and CDA – have been retired.
• Vital Record Death Reporting FHIR IG – STU-1 is published and STU-2 is soon to be published. There are multiple project insight numbers for this project too. AMS will discuss this in the meeting with Dave Hamill.
• Vital Records v2.6 – will be retired. This is another project with duplicate entries in project insight. AMS to reach out to Dave Hamill for assistance in resolving this and other duplicate entries.
• Healthcare Associated Infections – Laura Rappleye will follow up with David DeRoode to get a status update on this project.
• MedMorph – has three content IGs in ballot. The reference architecture is awaiting publication.
• CodeX – in development. Collaborating with MedMorph on Cancer reporting. CodeX is expanding its scope beyond Cancer to include Cardiology.
• CDA IG for Reporting to Central Cancer Registries – in development. They have a growing number of aging JIRA tickets that require resolution.
• SANER – Published, however their ballot reconciliation is not complete. Craig Newman will reach out to Keith W. Boone to obtain a status update on ballot reconciliation.
• BSeR – collecting feedback. This project produced three artifacts – DAM, CDA, and FHIR. John Loonsk will provide an update during Thu Q1.
• National Healthcare Survey (CDA) – awaiting publication.
• eCR FHIR – update needed from John Loonsk  or Sarah Gaunt 
• Public Health Case Reporting. – update needed from John Loonsk  or Sarah Gaunt
• Syndromic Surveillance – Erin to reach out to Jamie to get an update.
• Birth Defects – collecting input on the CDA and DAM. The FHIR IG is stalled because of difficulty generating interest in testing it in a connectathon.  
• Critical Congenital Health Defects – published as normative
• Early Hearing Detection – published as normative
• Diagnostic Audiology – in ballot. Having some difficulty get proposed LOINC codes accepted.
• LRI – Newborn Dried Blood Spot orders – integrated into the O&O LRI/LOI
• LOI/LRI Public Health Profile - integrated into the O&O LRI/LOI
• FHIR Lab Reporting – new activity anticipated to support international reporting of FHIR results and possibly orders.