The public health and health services research communities need to have a voice at the table in the development of national health data standards. This is the driving force behind the Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC). The creation in 1999 of the Public Health Data Standards Consortium, hereafter referred to as the Consortium, was a natural outgrowth of the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Provisions. The Consortium was established in response to recommendations from a 1998 workshop that explored the implications of HIPAA-Administrative Simplification (AS) for the practice of public health and health services research. Fundamentally, the HIPAA-AS provisions reduce the cost and administrative burdens of health care by allowing standardized, electronic transmission of many administrative and financial transaction standards. They also encourage standardization of electronic patient medical records and provide an impetus for more comparable and secure data across the spectrum of health and health care.
HIPAA-AS is focused on the interchange of data among health insurers and providers including public health providers who seek reimbursement. Although HIPAA-AS standards are not mandated for many other public health related data transactions, many are moving toward policies consistent with HIPAA’s mandate, recognizing that administrative simplification provisions will strengthen public health capabilities. Data standards are not only necessary to support the interface with the private sector; they are also critical to support the flow of information across public health programs and levels of Government.
The following are some of the past accomplishments of the Public Health Data Standards Consortium.
| July 2006 |
The importance of Understanding External Cause of Injury Codes. Presentation developed by the ECIC Committee. Click
here to view the presentation. |
| March 2006 |
The 2006 PHDSC Annual Business Meeting was
held on March 27th-28th at the CDC/National Center for Health
Statistics. Click
here to view the
conference agenda and presentations. |
| February 2006 |
Privacy and Security Solutions for
Interoperable Health Information Exchange. Report from the 2006
PHDSC Annual Meeting. Click
here to view the
presentation. |
| February 2006 |
Payer Typology as an External Code Source. Presentation to
the National Uniform Billing Committee. Click
here to view the
presentation. |
| November 2005 |
An Electronic Health Record - Public Health (EHR-PH) System
Prototype for Interoperability in 21st Century Healthcare
Systems. AMIA Annual Symposium 2005 Panel Presentation. |
| September 2005 |
Privacy and Security Websites list. Click
here to view the
list. |
| September 2005 |
ASC X12 Health Care Services Data Reporting Guide Web Forum.
Click
here to view the presentation from the forum. |
| May 2005 |
Towards a "Source of Payment Typology" standard. Click
here
to view and/or download the "Source of Payment Typology." |
| May 2005 |
Role of Public Health in the Adoption and Use of Health
Information Technology. Report from the 2005 PHDSC Annual
Meeting. Click here to view the report. |
| January 2005 |
Response to the Request for Information on the Development
and Adoption of a National Health Information Network from the
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, Department of Health and Human Services. Click
here
to view the document. |
| March 2004 |
Electronic Health Record. Public Health Perspectives. White
Paper. Click
here to view the White Paper. |
| July 2003 |
Consortium re-organized and achieved non-profit status. |
| September 2002 |
Facilitated development of the ASC X12 837 Health Care
Services Data Reporting Implementation Guide. Click
here to
purchase the document. (Select: 837 | 004050 | Health Care
Service Data Reporting) |
| March 2002 |
Health Data Standards Survey on Educational Needs of Public
Health Practitioners and Researchers on Health Data Standards.
Click
here to view a presentation about the survey. |
| April 2001 |
Participation in the Designated Standards Maintenance
Organizations (DSMO) Process to Review Change Requests to the
HIPAA Transaction Standards. Preserved the ability to collect
newborn birth weight in hospital discharge. |
| March 2001 |
PHDSC Education Strategy. Click
here to view a presentation
about the Education Strategy. |
| June 2000 |
Request to Add the Mother's Medical Record Number to the X12
837 Institutional Standard. Approved by ANSI ASC X12. Click
here
to learn more. |
| February 2000 |
Request to Include Race & Ethnicity on the Claim of the 837
Institutional Guide. Approved by ANSI ASC X12 Claim/Encounter
Workgroup. Click here to learn more. |
| December 1999 |
HIPAA and Data Standards. Educational Teleconferences. |
