Electronic Laboratory Reporting
This page discusses several interoperability topics relative to electronic laboratory reporting.
Meaningful Use Compliance
To receive an Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) Compliance letter necessary for Meaningful Use compliance, hospitals must be in the process of onboarding electronic lab reporting or be actively engaged in electronic lab reporting.
Onboarding
Labs or hospitals that wish to begin or continue the onboarding process should contact the ELR Electronic Laboratory Reporting Coordinator through the doh-elr-onboard@doh.nm.gov email address.
Fax Numbers for Reporting
Until a program has been onboarded with ELR and has received confirmation that the feed has been approved, hospitals and laboratories must continue to fax relevant laboratory reports to NMDOH.
| Reporting Type | Fax Number |
|---|---|
| HIV | 505-476-3544 |
| STD | 505-476-3638 |
| TB | 505-827-0163 |
| Drug Overdose, Violent Death, Childhood Fatalities | 505-476-3633 |
| Everything Else | 505-827-0013 |
Guidance
The following documents and websites will be useful during onboarding.
- Notifiable Conditions and Diseases in New Mexico
- NMAC 7.4.3 — Control of disease and conditions of public health significance
Questionnaires
The onboarding trading partner will need to complete 4 questionnaires.
- General Questionnaire — Contact, IT, and Lab Info
- Diseases Immediate Reporting Questionnaire
- Diseases Routine Reporting Questionnaire — Zoonotic, TB, STD, HIV, Environmental
- General Infectious Diseases Questionnaire
National Guidance
The following resources provide guidance on a national level.
- HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide — Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health Release 1 (US Realm) with Errata
- HL7 2.3.1 Electronic Laboratory Reporting Implementation Guide — Implementation Guide for Transmission of Laboratory-Based Reporting of Public Health Information using Version 2.3.1 of the HL7 Standard Protocol. (Dated March 2005)
Learn More
Please visit the following links to learn more.
- LOINC — This site may require that users register and log in (at no cost). All LOINC terms sent by laboratories will be compared against the LOINC.org website.
- SNOMED-CT — This site has information on how to register for ULMS to access their SNOMED-CT browser.
- PHIN VADS — Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Access Distribution System (PHIN VADS) & Reportable Condition Mapping Table
- LOINC Codes — Regenstrief Institute