The conditions that were announced in the CSTE June 8th Content Release are now available in the RCKMS Tool. With this release, there are now a total of 89 conditions available for authoring in the RCKMS Tool. Click here to review the Content Release materials. We encourage all jurisdictions to review the details of the Content …
New Conditions Are Now Available! (Authoring Schedule Included) Read More »
If you missed the last Authoring Support Office Hours on June 4th, don’t worry. We provided a link to the recording (see below). During this session, we covered the new SNOMED condition code update for version 7 of COVID-19 plus an guided walk-through of how to author COVID-19. Feel free to submit a support ticket …
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is pleased to announce the fourth release of Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) content for all nationally notifiable conditions (NNCs). RCKMS stores comprehensive information on public health reporting requirements and acts as a decision support service (DSS) to determine if a potential case is reportable and to …
A new version of the COVID-19 reporting specifications (7.0 Release 2020527) has been released. Version 7.0 includes a new SNOMED condition code. Please see release notes below for details. Potential impact on your surveillance system When an eICR is found reportable for COVID-19, the COVID-19 Condition Code is output in the Reportability Response as the …
A new version of the COVID-19 reporting specifications (6.0 Release 2020506) has been released. Version 6.0 includes the addition of laboratory criteria for culture tests. Please see release notes below for details. For your convenience, the RCKMS team has added version 6.0 into your account and copied over your existing rules and references for COVID-19. …
Updated Reporting Specifications for COVID-19 Available for Re-authoring (05.06.20) Read More »
A new version of the COVID-19 reporting specifications (5.0 Release 20200415) has been released. Version 5.0 aligns the Default in RCKMS with the new CSTE Interim COVID-19 Position Statement. Please see release notes below for details. For your convenience, the RCKMS team has added version 5.0 into your account and copied over your existing external …
Updated Reporting Specifications for COVID-19 Available (04.15.20) Read More »
On April 9th, 2020, value sets for COVID-19 were updated with additional LOINC codes for antibody and nucleic acid tests. Please see release notes below for details. No re-authoring or re-publishing is needed. The updated COVID-19 guidance document created by the RCKMS content team and updated RCTC can be found in the Content Repository linked …
Please be advised that the RCKMS Office Hours, originally scheduled for April 2 & April 16, have been rescheduled for Thursday, May 21 & Thursday June 4, 2020. Each session will be held at 3:00 pm ET. The authoring schedule with the new office hours dates is attached to this post. Calendar invites will be …
Office Hours (New Dates) with an Updated Authoring Schedule Read More »
A new version of the COVID-19 reporting specifications (3.0 Release 20200323) has been released. Version 3.0 of COVID-19 contains all the rules from previous versions, plus the addition of antibody tests. For your convenience, the RCKMS team has added version 3.0 into your account and copied over your existing reporting criteria and external references for …
New version of COVID-19 (v3) reporting specifications now available for authoring Read More »
Click here to view the March 19, 2020 authoring support session (~30 mins). This session provides a brief walk-thorough of authoring COVID-19 version 2 lab criteria. We recognize that additional versions of COVID-19 reporting specifications have been released since the date of this recording, however, this session provides some information that you may find helpful.
The Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) is a real-time portal to enhance disease surveillance by providing comprehensive information on public health reporting criteria. The tool provides public health reporters about the “who,what,when, where and how” of reporting.
