STEVE'A Vital Message

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STEVE.A Vital Message

• Secure Electronic Exchange
• for Vital Records
• Leesa Shem-Tov
• NAPHSIS Project Manager

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Current Exchange Process

• Few participants in NCHS VRX program
• Primarily paper copies, abstracts and line lists
  are exchanged
• Exchange and use rules are difficult to follow
  and enforce
• Slows the availability of a complete data set for
  analysis and reporting
• Will not support timely birth/death matching once
  required by Intel Reform

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Whats Needed

• Trading Partners willing to trade information and
  follow each others rules
• Data use and exchange rules
• Automated way to apply and enforce the rules of
  57 jurisdictions (and other trading partners)
• Secure pipeline for message transmission
• Efficient way to make sure everything is working

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Think of STEVE as a really smart mailman
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STEVE Is On The Job 24/7

• Knows when you have mail to be picked up and
  processed
• Sorts, separates and replicates the information
  according to your rules
• Figures out each destination and whats going in
  each package
• Seals each package securely
• Labels packages and sends them out

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IJE formatted files
STEVE resides inside your firewall
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Data use exchange rules
IJE File
You decide how your data may be used STEVE makes
sure it happens
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Sender
The envelope remains sealed and secure
throughout transmission
Receiver
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On The Receiving End

• STEVE knows when youve got mail!
• Opens each package
• Separates and sorts the information
• Lets you decide if other programs you already
  share data with can have their own mailbox
• If so, delivers their mail, too --- or lets you
  deliver it
• Puts them in your outbox for pickup

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Child Support Enforcement
AIDS Registry
Immunization
State Retirement
Other programs and agencies in your jurisdiction
can receive exchanged data in dedicated mailboxes
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Its Not Really That Simple

• NAPHSIS will hold special orientation and
  training sessions at the 2008 regional meetings
  to inform you in detail about how STEVE will work
  and when it will be ready to deploy in your
  jurisdiction.

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How You Will Use STEVE

• Exchange records with other jurisdictions
• Birth/death crossmatch
• Complete statistical data files
• Transfer reportable data to NCHS
• Exchange coded data files with NCHS
• Exchange records with Canadian provinces and
  other trading partners
• Re-distribute exchanged data to other programs
  and agencies in your jurisdiction

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Next Steps

• STEVE Motion
• System specifications
• Release RFP
• Select a vendor
• Develop and test
• Deploy in phases over 3 years
• Training and user support

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For More Information

• Read the ED Newsletter for more information
• Send your IJE representatives to regional
  meetings
• Check the NAPHSIS website for newslinks and
  guidance
• Call or email for more information
• Leesa Shem-Tov
• lshemtov_at_naphsis.org