Public+Health+Workgroup+Approach

=Short Term (May – June)= =Long Term=
 * Scope of activities should focus on laboratory reporting to Public Health agencies based on the MU rule.
 * Evaluate existing Use Cases, including LRI Use Case, to determine if one (or more) can be directly leveraged as the S&I Framework PH Use Case. Develop a “light” Use Case. leveraging content where possible and defining required sub-artifacts (User Story, Scenario, Activity Diagrams, etc) associated with the laboratory reporting to Public Health agencies.
 * **Evaluate the use case that led to development of the ELR2PH IG in comparison to the S&I Framework LRI Use Case. Use ELR2PH IG as a starting point for requirements.**
 * Validate that requirements provide by NIST accurately represent laboratory reporting to Public Health agencies.
 * Based on the confirmed requirements, evaluate existing Implementation Guides and harmonize PH IG with LRI IG.
 * Determine what other areas of Public Health reporting should be included as part of the S&I Framework
 * Evaluate existing Use Cases
 * Define Use Case & Functional Requirements
 * //Identify Applicable IGs (not valid at this point)//
 * Define New Requirements (example - Reporting Criteria, Queries, and Public Health Investigations)
 * Harmonize IGs with other S&I Lab Related Initiatives


 * Initial Feedback**

Ken McCaslin, Virginia Sturmfels Riki Merrick John Roberts Kosta Makrodimitris
 * Expanded functionality and expanded data elements to support public health requirements
 * Queries out of scope - include as part of long term roadmap
 * Difference between meaningful use application of the ELR2PH IG, and the full usage of ELR2PH IG
 * Public health agency calls back to ordering physician - patient identification critical
 * Take into account the [|EHRS] public health [|profiles]
 * Other areas of public health to consider are surveillance for medical products(EHR) and here is a [|relevant study](EU, Accenture)
 * I think that we need to add additional reqs beyond the scope of Ambulatory case for PH