Recognizing the need for new strategies to develop and adopt public health vocabulary standards, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff created a Public Health Vocabulary Community of Practice (PHVCoP). The PHVCoP was originally organized around the following goals for the Agency: identify vocabulary development activities throughout the organization; openly share vocabulary work, educate members about the breadth of biomedical vocabulary standards; and coalesce around…See More

Join members of the Vocabulary and Messaging and Laboratory Messaging Communities of Practice for lunch at the PHIN Conference!For time's sake, we ask that you pick up your lunch (the Peachtree Center food court is an excellent nearby source) and meet us in Fairlie at the Hyatt.See More

ELR Annual Working SessionTuesday September 1, 20091600-1700 ETRoom: Fairlie***Because of conflicts with other events, ELR group members were surveyed and the meeting was moved to the most popular date/time***The CSTE Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) Working Group traditionally holds a working session at the annual PHIN Conference.The 2009 meeting will address topics including -* Continued promotion of national collaboration in ELR* Identification and inclusion of new ELR participants*…See More

Vocabulary & Messaging Community of Practice is planning to have an open discussion about the Novel Influenza (H1N1) messaging and vocabulary related topics. We are planning to explain and discuss in detail about the following messaging guides and the vocabulary associated with them:(1) Novel Influenza A Individual Case Notification(2) Novel Influenza Summary / Aggregate(3) Influenza associated Pediatric Mortality Case NotificationHL7 Messaging Analysts and Vocabulary Specialists from CDC…See More