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Public Health Registries: Promoting Interoperability

The Division of Public Health (DPH) has the capability to electronically receive the following data from Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT):

  • Cancer Data: Directly to the Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System (WCRS)
  • Electronic Case Reporting: Directly to the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS)
  • Immunizations: Directly to the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) or through the Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN) to WIR
  • Electronic Lab Reporting: Directly to the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS) through the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH)
  • Syndromic Surveillance: Directly to the BioSense Platform or through DPH and/or WISHIN to the BioSense Platform

Providers who would like to electronically submit data from CEHRT to Immunizations, electronic case reporting, electronic lab reporting, and/or Syndromic Surveillance programs must register through the public health registration for electronic data submission system (PHREDS) regardless of their intent to participate in Promoting Interoperability.

Organizations that are already in production, onboarding, and/or registered with an existing registration through PHREDS do not have to fill out a new registration.

Steps to register

  1. Choose the public health data your organization plans to electronically submit (e.g., immunizations, electronic case reporting, electronic lab reporting, and/or syndromic surveillance data).
  2. Register using the PHREDS registration form to demonstrate your intent to electronically submit data and/or meet public health Promoting Interoperability measures.
  3. Wait in the queue.
    • Organizations in the queue are awaiting an invitation to begin the onboarding process from the public health program. To learn about a public health program’s onboarding process, select one of the program links on the top left menu.
  4. Participate in the onboarding process.
    • Onboarding is the testing and validation process providers and public health programs engage in prior to ongoing submission of production data.
  5. Attestation requests for CMS Promoting Interoperability.
    • To request attestation information, fill out the online attestation request form and select what programs you need. You will work with each registry individually.
    • Acknowledgement files from 2024 will be available on the PHREDS SharePoint or can be requested from the eHealth team. For questions and requests, email the eHealth team at eHealth@wisconsin.gov.

Disclaimer: All PHREDS registration data is stored in a secure environment. PHREDS registration data is shared with DPH for public health purposes

Have questions about public health Promoting Interoperability?

Promoting Interoperability is the standard by which providers demonstrate the use of CEHRT in ways that can positively affect the care of patients. For more information about participant requirements, including ongoing deadlines, visit the websites linked below.

  • For more information about CMS rules for hospitals, see the Promoting Interoperability Programs page on the CMS website.
  • For more information for eligible professionals and merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS), visit the MIPS requirements on the CMS website.

If you have questions concerning the registration process, email the eHealth team at eHealth@wiscsonsin.gov.

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Last revised January 15, 2025