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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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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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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!

If you missed a Fall 2021 Authoring Support Office Hours Session, don’t worry! We provided the most recent session recordings below! Session 1:  October 28, 2021 Session 2: November 16, 2021 Session 3: December 2, 2021 The next office hours session will be on Tuesday, December 14, 4:00 PM ET. Check out the office hours …

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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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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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The 9 conditions announced in the CSTE RCKMS Content release announcement on June 9, 2021 (See announcement here) are now available in the RCKMS Tool.  With this release, there are now a total of 108 conditions (82 nationally notifiable conditions (NNCs) and 26 non-notifiable conditions) available for authoring for eCR.  Along with the 9 new …

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On June 9th, 2021 , The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) announced the sixth release of Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) content for electronic case reporting (eCR) of 82 nationally notifiable conditions (NNCs) and 26 non-notifiable conditions. RCKMS stores comprehensive information on public health reporting requirements and acts as a decision support …

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