Department for Public Health

Zika Virus

The Kentucky Department for Public Health is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide guidance and education to health professionals and the general public regarding the Zika virus disease. Zika virus is spread primarily through bites from infected mosquitoes. Currently no vaccine is available to prevent Zika virus disease and no specific medicine is available to treat it. The disease is typically mild but can be severe and can cause birth defects in some pregnant women.

Learn more about the Zika virus.

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Contacts and Important Links

24 Hour - 7 Day Contact Telephone: (888) 9-REPORT (888) 973-7678

• For all Reportable Diseases and Conditions, EPID 200 Form.
• 24/7 Urgent Reporting for Healthcare Professionals and Local Health Departments. 
• For Public Health Emergencies, contact your local health department or call the number above.

See Also

• Department for Public Health Nursing
• Center for Performance Management
• Office of Health Equity
• HIV/AIDS Reporting Forms
• Hotline Phone Numbers!
• Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
• Kentucky Department of Agriculture
• Kentucky eHealth Network Board
• Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
• Public Health Laboratory Services
• Maternal and Child Health Statewide Needs Assessment Results 

• Administrative Reference (July 2016)
  • AR Interim Change Request Form
• Core Clinical Service Guide (July 2016)
  • CCSG Emergency Revision Coversheet
• WIC and Nutrition Manual
• DPH Holiday Recipe Cookbook

• Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS): for public health laws, see Title VIII (Chapters 210 – 224)
• Kentucky Administrative Regulations (KAR): for public health regulations, see Title 902

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The Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE) is the public health authority for meaningful use reporting in Kentucky. Eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals/critical access hospitals (EH/CAHs) that wish to submit electronic immunization, syndromic surveillance, laboratory results and cancer cases (specialized registry reporting) in Kentucky must do so through KHIE. Additionally and with regard to the immunization registry, KHIE has the ability to respond to bidirectional queries and receive NDC codes.

For EHR incentive program year 2017, KHIE provides support for the following public health reporting measures:

• Measure 1 – Immunization Registry Reporting
  Any EP or EH/CAH that administers any type of immunization (influenza, pneumococcal, HPV, chickenpox, shingles, etc.) during the EHR reporting period can submit to the immunization registry.

• Measure 2 – Syndromic Surveillance Reporting
  In Kentucky, all EPs or EH/CAHs collect syndromic surveillance data. This option is available to all providers.
   
• Measure 3 – Specialized Registry Reporting
  Any EP who diagnoses and/or treats cancer patients is eligible to submit to the Kentucky Cancer Registry through KHIE for specialized registry reporting.
   
• Measure 4 – Electronic Reportable Laboratory Results Reporting
  Kentucky recently adopted legislation, 902 KAR 2:020, requiring laboratory results to be reported electronically to KHIE.
  

KHIE supports public health reporting data submission from ONC 2014 certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). KHIE will make a separate announcement when we are ready to begin onboarding public health reporting from providers using ONC 2015 CEHRT.