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State Health Care
Issues
Birth Reporting Requirements
The
Ohio Department of Health (ODH) worked with Ohio’s hospitals to
implement a new process for tracking and maintaining records on the
approximately 150,000 births in Ohio each year. Prompted by federal
legislation requiring all states to adopt new birth certificates with
additional information, the Integrated Perinatal Health Information
System will give the ODH Office of Vital Statistics access to more
accurate and timely data. All hospitals started using the new electronic
birth certificate process as of Jan. 1, 2006, and the data reported also
will include results from the universal newborn hearing screening.
ODH also
implemented the Ohio Connections for Children with Special Needs, a
statewide birth defects information system with mandated reporting by
hospitals, physicians and freestanding birthing centers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Resources
Questions?
Contact
Herman Butler at the Ohio Department of Health at
herman.butler@odh.ohio.gov.
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