FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT STEVE

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT STEVE

• Leesa Shem-Tov
• STEVE Project Manager

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Is STEVE part of EVVE?
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STEVE and EVVE are almost entirely different

• Different applications
• Different purposes
• Different users
• Transmit different data
• Route messages differently
• Different accounting
• BUT
• STEVE and EVVE can co-exist on the same hardware
  in your jurisdiction

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Can we use STEVE even if we havent finished
re-engineering?
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Re-engineering is not required

• STEVE input files can come from any data
  repository
• STEVE output files can be loaded back into any
  data repository
• Different files types can come from different
  sources

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Do I have to use STEVE?What happens if I dont?
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STEVE is not currently mandatory

• Implementation begins in late 2008 and continuing
  through 2010
• Non-participants may experience delays in
  receiving IJE data from trading partners
• Assume NCHS data transmission will only be
  through STEVE at some point
• Only practical way to meet birth-death matching
  requirements

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How do I know who is an active STEVE trading
partner?
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STEVE displays a map

• Logon display of jurisdictions showing active,
  inactive and pending trading partners
• If not an active participant, there is no trading
  partner profile activated
• Once a new trading partner joins, IP address and
  other information is automatically pushed to
  the community

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What hardware, software and licenses will I need
for STEVE?
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Assumptions

• Standard configuration with a web server in a DMZ
  and the STEVE TM installed behind the firewall
• Permission to install and operate STEVE
• IT support for network configuration
• IT support for installation and maintenance of
  the TM

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Whats needed to install STEVE

• PHINMS certificate from CDC
• Commercial SSL certificate for Web Server
• Commercial SSL certificate for TM Server
• Determine target Web Server operating
  system/software (IIS/Apache/Other)
• Determine target TM Server operating
  system/software (Tomcat/Other)
• Determine target TM Database (SQL
  Server/Oracle/Other)
• Identify or procure hardware resources for Web,
  TM and Database servers

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Do I need to install PHINMS?
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PHINMS comes wrapped inside STEVE

• No additional installation required
• PHINMS will be installed with STEVE
• Cannot use existing PHINMS installations for
  STEVE
• PHINMS now supports point-to-point message
  transmission

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How will STEVE know how my data should be
exchanged and used?
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You configure your rules

• Display data elements for each file type
• Make a go or no go decision
• Vital records trading partners
• Data sharing partner programs in other
  jurisdictions
• Data sharing partner programs in your
  jurisdiction
• VSCP data reportable to NCHS
• STEVE saves the rules as filters
• If things change, modify a filter or add a new
  one

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How do I know if my IJE files are correctly
prepared?
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STEVE allows you to pre-validate your IJE files

• Facility to test IJE formatting prior to
  production or after modification
• Identifies validation errors at the field level
• Opens validation window into actual data
• If passes field validation, can be directly
  submitted for messaging

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What happens once Im in production?
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You can exchange

• Birth, death, roster, fetal death, ITOP events
  with other jurisdictions
• VSCP reportable data with NCHS
• Specific data to designated data sharing
  partners, such as newborn hearing or child
  support enforcement
• Data for approved research
• Single files on request

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Most things are automatic

• Picks up files from designated inbox
• Strips off and sends NCHS data
• Identifies message destinations from the data
• Creates, transmits and tracks message
  transmissions
• Loads files into recipient mailboxes
• Provides reports of transmission activity and TM
  performance

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Do I have to send all my data through STEVE?
What if I send only birth data --- will I
receive only birth data?
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You control what you send and received

• You can send selected file types
• You can send data to NCHS through STEVE or not
• You will receive all data once you are a trading
  partner
• You can set up whatever mailboxes you choose

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How do I become a trading partner?
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Timetable

• 5 to 6 start-up trading partners in late 2008
• _at_24 more jurisdictions in 2009
• Remaining jurisdictions, including territories,
  in 2010
• NCHS planning for early 2009
• Additional trading partners for Phase II upon
  application to IJE Committee

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Contact NAPHSIS

• IJE Committee Chairperson
• Jane McKendry
• Jane.mckendry_at_cdph.ca.gov
• Leesa Shem-Tov
• lshemtov_at_naphsis.org