BCS HealthCare


			PHIN Assessment BCS HealthCare understands CDC's initiative to assess current immunization registry needs and technology to bring registries towards PHIN compliance. BCS HealthCare has a complete picture of technology, user needs, and cost structure to implement a statewide immunization registry system. The completion of the PHIN compliance objectives needs to be inline with the CDC standards for PHIN. State health departments have been asked to develop a road map for data sharing with multiple state systems in an effort to provide immunizations, bio-terrorism response, integration and collaboration with multiple health department programs. BCS Healthcare understands how the nine functional requirements for PHIN and the twelve functional requirements for Immunizations relate and intersect. As your health department develops a road map to become PHIN compliant with their statewide immunization registry there will be a critical need to assess the current IT landscape of both the state and the general user community. When developing the strategy to go forward, BCS HealthCare will provide a detailed implementation plan that includes timelines, milestones, necessary steps to continue forward and an estimate of all the required resources required to achieve PHIN compliance. To complete the "roadmap" for PHIN, BCS HealthCare uses an iterative process that is standard with the IT industry. This process gives BCS HealthCare a proven "roadmap" of activities to follow to complete the technical assessment. During this phase, BCS HealthCare will complete a detailed assessment of your current IT infrastructure and compare your current system to the PHIN standards published by CDC. These are some of the basic steps we follow to build your "roadmap" to success: Prepare PHIN vs. Registry Compliance Matrix Conduct Expert Evaluation of current Registry and PHIN Standards Prepare functionality and usability observations to distribute empirical information as it relates to PHIN and Registry Detail interoperability standards for data sharing and collaboration Prepare and submit to client's stakeholders report detailing findings Develop description of activities performed and recommended actions for compliance Work with client's stakeholders to review materials and answer questions The last piece to complete the development "roadmap" will be the estimated budget. Public Health Departments need to have an understanding of the cost to implement a complete registry solution. This cost will include not only the enhancements of the system but also the continued cost of maintenance and support for the registry system. Using this process will provide a complete assessment with all of the documentation needed to help your health department comply with CDC's standards and promote the evolution of technology within health care. Back to Top