California Public Health Capacity to Receive Reportable Electronic Lab Results

April 27, 2011

This map provides a visual representation of California local health departments' Capacity to receive electronic lab results from hospital Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems* pursuant to the standards and certification criteria set by the Office of National Coordinator** (ONC) and Meaningful Use objectives and measures set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services EHR Incentive Program.***

Map of Californoa health departmnets color coded by their capacity to accept electronic lab data

*The definition of EHR is an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care organization (HHS Office of National Coordinator April 2008 (PDF)).

**ONC specifies that EHR systems submitting electronic lab results must be certified using HL7 Version 2.5.1 Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health Release 1 (US Realm) and LOINC version 2.27 standards. For the 45 CFR Part 170 Health Information Technology, please see: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology (PDF).

***For more information on Meaningful Use objectives and measures set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services EHR Incentive Program, please go here (PDF).