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Content Release 11 available in RCKMS

Greetings RCKMS Users,  On Thursday, April 4, 2024, 3 new conditions from the February 2024 Content Release (Content Release 11) were added to the RCKMS Authoring Tool (Invasive Cronobacter Infection Among Infants, Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection and disease, and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome). Additionally, new versions of 103 previously released conditions were made available for jurisdiction …

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RCKMS Off-Schedule Content Release on October 6, 2023

Greetings RCKMS users: Ahead of the anticipated respiratory disease season, the National eCR team is pleased to announce an off-schedule RCKMS content release with updates to the conditions listed below. The primary updates for these conditions are the addition of timeboxing rules, updates to reportable condition trigger codes (RCTC), and updates to SNOMED condition codes. …

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Save the Date(s): Timeboxing & upcoming RCKMS Content Release!

Greetings RCKMS Users! Please note some upcoming important dates:  Thursday, June 1 at 3-4 pm ET: RCKMS Educational Session – Timeboxing Use Cases  The RCKMS Administrators will present an educational session to prepare users for the upcoming initial release supporting timeboxing in RCKMS. During this session, we will walk through specific eICR scenarios to identify …

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New Conditions added to the RCKMS Authoring Tool

Greetings RCKMS Users, On Monday, July 11, 2022, 40 new conditions from the June 2022 Content Release were added to the RCKMS Authoring Tool. Additionally, new versions of 16 previously released conditions were made available for jurisdiction adoption. Note that CSTE previously released an updated version of Monkeypox and new Orthopoxvirus Disease reporting specifications on …

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New Conditions Available for Authoring and Upcoming Office Hours

On Monday, February 14, 2022, 24 new conditions from the January 2022 Content Release were added to the RCKMS Authoring Tool. Additionally, new versions of 38 previously released conditions were made available for jurisdiction adoption. With this release, there are now 132 conditions (83 nationally notifiable and 49 non-notifiable conditions) available in the tool for …

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Now Available: RCKMS Training Course!

The Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) Authoring Tool training e-learning course provides foundational knowledge on how to use and navigate the RCKMS Authoring Tool. Visit the CSTE Learn site (learn.cste.org) to get started! Registration on CSTE Learn is required to view the RCKMS trainings!

A new version of COVID-19 is available for authoring!

A new version of the COVID-19 reporting specification (11.0 Release 20210721) has been released in the RCKMS Tool. This new version of COVID-19 Reporting Specifications has been updated to align with case ascertainment criteria in the CSTE Position Statement 21-ID-01 titled “Update to the standardized surveillance case definition and national notification for 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)”. …

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SNOMED Condition Code update for Chlamydia and Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)

In July 2021, CSTE released updated versions of reporting specifications for Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection and Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM).  Both conditions have SNOMED Condition Code updates. This new release may impact your jurisdiction and may require your attention. The following two conditions have SNOMED Condition Code updates that will be released on July 27, 2021.  …

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