Modernization: Tools and Technologies
This page is designed to help those working to modernize the National Vital Statistics System explore the main technologies involved in our projects.
The tools and technologies behind our modernization efforts serve these basic principles:
- Information Systems: Moving from paper-based processes to electronic records
- Data Quality and Interoperability: Adopting common tools and standards for data
- Prototypes and Testing: Describing new approaches and testing their application
Information Systems
Data Quality and Interoperability Concepts, Definitions, and Tools
Prototypes and Testing
Developers’ Corner: Technical Quick Links
General Implementation Guidance
- Vital Records Death Reporting FHIR Implementation Guideexternal icon (VRDR FHIR IG – contains FHIR profiles for interoperability)
- GitHub Page for the Nightingale Projectexternal icon: Contains source code for work MITRE has been doing with NCHS
Tools for Implementing an EDRS
- Nightingaleexternal icon Electronic Death Registration System (EDRS) prototype
Using FHIR with EDRS
- Canary Testing Frameworkexternal icon for FHIR messaging validation with Electronic Death Registration Systems
- .NET libraryexternal icon of code for implementing VRDR in Nightingale
- Death Data Hubexternal icon: GitHub Page for GTRI Team working on API Gateway
Connecting EHR to EDRS
- Blackbird prototypeexternal icon for connecting Electronic Health Records to Electronic Death Registration systems
SMART on FHIR
- SMART Tech Stack for Health Apps (note approaches to authorization and authentication): http://docs.smarthealthit.org/external icon and https://github.com/smart-on-fhirexternal icon
Natural Language Processing
Other projects:
- GT Health GitHub Pageexternal icon (Note: GT-FHIR is an in-progress project to build a FHIR resource on Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) common data model (CDM), omap_etl_public provides tools to map to the OMAP data model)
- OHDSIexternal icon GitHub Page
Page last reviewed: October 1, 2020
Content source: National Center for Health Statistics