Job Details: Business Analyst Date: Feb 03 2023

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State of Georgia Dept. of Public Health

This is the WIC/IMS Project which is under the EHR (Electronic Health Records) Initative.

EHR (electronic health records): The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has implemented incentive programs for Eligible Professionals, Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals to adopt, implement and demonstrate meaningful use (MU) of Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT). Included in the strategies for demonstrating "Meaningful Use" of EHR systems are objectives related to public health: 1) submission of immunization registry data, 2) submission of syndromic surveillance data, and 3) submission of reportable disease laboratory reports.


The Georgia Department of Public Health's (DPH) State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (SendSS) and Epidemiology Section is working with Eligible Professionals, Eligible Hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals on these public-health related meaningful use objectives. DPH is now receiving electronic submissions of data for the purpose of Meaningful Use Attestation.