2002 Jan 10 1

USHIKUS Health Information Knowledgebase

• To access the site use: http://156.40.135.128/registry/

• user id and password of lower case: hisb• The National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute

(NCI) is hosting the USHIK site.

• GSperle@cms.hhs.gov Glenn Sperle• ReeceLaura@aol.com Laura Reece • Marco.Johnson@tma.osd.mil

2002 Jan 10 2

USHIKUS Health Information Knowledgebase

• Data elements are loaded for:– Health Level Seven (307) – Accredited Standards Committee X12 (1157) – Dept of Defense, Health Affairs (3290) – National Council for Prescription Drug

Programs (475) – and the HIPAA and NCVHS data elements

(157) are listed under CMS.• This is a read-only version.

2002 Jan 10 3

USHIKUS Health Information Knowledgebase

• ANSI HISB American National Standards Institute, Health Informatics Standards Board

• HISB manages and schedules the official release of USHIK to the general public.

• February 2002, reload of HL7 (to correct problem in current load)

• and load the Centers for Disease Control, ASTM, and GCPR data elements. These will be read-only.

2002 Jan 10 4

USHIKUS Health Information Knowledgebase

• Version 2.0 of USHIK, which will provide on-line updating for designated users, will be released this summer.

• Version 2.1 will follow a little later and provide for limited metadata exchange between registries via XML. This capability is being developed with NCI and will be used to import their information into USHIK.

• Version 2.2 will provide for on-line data element mapping.

2002 Jan 10 5

USHIKUS Health Information Knowledgebase

• There are regularly scheduled teleconferences on Thursdays at 3pm Eastern time.

• The phone number is 512 225-3050 • conference number 66456#.