Public Health Reporting

The Mass HIway enables the electronic submission of reporting for public health registries to improve public health research, intervention, and program development. This allows for easier compliance with applicable state laws and can also help providers earn incentives in the Promoting Interoperability Programs. For information on the Public Health Registries available Massachusetts, click here.

Registry Interfaces via the Clinical Gateway

The Mass HIway is connected to the following Public Health Programs. Please note that the capture of patient consent is not a requirement for mandatory public health reporting. 

• Syndromic Surveillance (SS): State data submitted to the CDC’s BioSense program via HL7 message to identify excess morbidity and mortality.
• Immunizations (MIIS): Supports compliance with state law M.G.Lc.111, s.24M for submission of immunization data to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) via HL7 message. Click here for official MIIS Regulations and here for the MIIS Compliance Schedule (March 2015)
• Electronic Lab Reporting (ELR): Supports electronic submission of laboratory results to the MDPH Bureau of Infectious Disease to meet regulation 105 CMR 300.170 via HL7 message.
• Massachusetts Cancer Registry (MCR): Provides an electronic means to comprehensively identify and report cancer cases to the Massachusetts Cancer Registry via NAACCR CDA or PDF or further reporting to the CDC as required by Massachusetts law.
• Children's Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI): Supports receipt of Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) reports
• Intake Enrollment Assessment and Transfer Service (IEATS): via HL7 ADT (A01, 03, 08); QRY_19
• Childhood Lead Poison Prevention Program (CLPPP): via .csv, .txt fixed length file, HL7 ORU.
• Electronic Case Reporting (eCR): Supports electronic submission of electronic case reports to the MDPH Bureau of Infectious Disease. MDPH accepts eCR submissions following the HL7 CDA eICR standard (v1.1 or v3) and sent via the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Informatics Messaging System (AIMS) and the Reportable Condition Knowledge Management System (RCKMS).