1:30           Innovations: Ideas, Successes, and Lessons Learned

Moderators: Isabelle Horon, DrPH, Maryland Vital Statistics Administration, and President, NAPHSIS

Jennifer Woodward, PhD, Oregon Center for Health Statistics

Mark Flotow, Illinois Center for Health Statistics

1:40           Working with Less: What Does 15% Less Mean?

Linette Scott, MD, California Health Information and Strategic Planning Division

2:00           The Next Generation of Web-based Birth Reporting in MO. MICA2

Colleen Bullock, Missouri Bureau of Health Informatics

2:20           Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Program - Smoking in the Rockies

Ron Hyman, Colorado Office of Vital Statistics

2:40           Security Best Practices in Vital Records Offices: Ft Knox to a Cardboard Box

Mark Kassouf, Ohio Office of Vital Records

3:00           Understanding the True Cost of Vital Records

Christie Spice, Washington Center for Health Statistics

3:20           Do-It-Yourself Funerals: Lessons Learned

Leisa Finch, Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics

3:40           Retention and Destruction of Inter-Jurisdictionally Exchanged Records

Jane McKendry, California Office of Health Information and Research

4:00           Requests to Use Vital Records for Research Purposes: Lessons Learned

Craig Ward, Missouri Bureau of Health Informatics

MONDAY, JUNE 7

8:30           Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Isabelle Horon, DrPH, Maryland Vital Statistics Administration, and President, NAPHSIS

Opening Remarks

Charles Rothwell, Director, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

9:00           The National Vital Statistics System: Getting from Good to Great

Steven Schwartz, PhD, New York City Bureau of Vital Statistics

Getting from Good to Great: NAPHSIS/NCHS Partnership

Charles Rothwell, Director, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

10:30         NCHS and NAPHSIS Working Together to Improve the System

Moderator: Julie Kowaleski, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS

Model Law Work Group Progress Report

Catherine Molchan, Alabama Center for Health Statistics

Karen Hampton, Oregon Center for Health Statistics

Linette Scott, MD, California Health Information and Strategic Planning Division

Paving the Road to use EHRs for Vital Records

Hetty Khan, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Michelle Williamson, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Research Access to Data: The Collaborative NAPHSIS-NCHS Approach

Bruce Cohen, PhD, Massachusetts Division of Research and Epidemiology

1:30           Improving Data Quality

Moderator: Julia Holmes, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Exploring the Medical and Health Information on the New Birth Certificate; Results of Interviews with Birth Information Specialists in Four States

Stephanie Willson, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Joyce Martin, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

How Does the Birth Certificate Compare with the Medical Record?  Preliminary Results from Kansas

Paul Sutton, PhD, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Carol Moyer, Kansas Bureau of Public Health Informatics

VIEWS:  A New Look at Data Entry

Steve Rushing, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Vital Statistics Performance Measures – 2010

Garland Land, NAPHSIS

TUESDAY, JUNE 8

8:30           The Nation’s Need for a Great Vital Statistics System

Jennifer Madans, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

8:45           Improving Processes

Moderator: Charles Sirc, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

The Impact of EDRS on Registration Timeliness: Utah, Nebraska and California’s Perspectives

Utah's Perspective

Jeff Duncan, Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics

Nebraska's Perspective

Mark Miller, Nebraska Health Statistics

California's Perspective

David Fisher, California Center for Health Statistics

Re-engineering at the NCHS: A reNVSS Update

Rajesh Virkar, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

10:15         Choose to Improve

Moderator: Judy Moulder, Mississippi Office of Health Statistics

Opportunities and Challenges with the Revised Birth Certificate: Data Quality

Charles Rothwell, Director, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Re-Vital-izing the Statutes in Vermont

Richard McCoy, Vermont Division of Health Surveillance

Making the Time to be Timely

Leesa Shem-Tov, NAPHSIS

11:30         NCHS Overview

Edward Sondik, PhD, Director, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9

8:30           Creative Uses and Applications of Data: Social Determinants and Vital Statistics

Moderator: Lou Saadi, PhD, Kansas Center for Health and Environmental Statistics

Inequalities in Infant Mortality: The Interaction of Race and Socioeconomic Status

Bruce Cohen, PhD, Massachusetts Division of Research and Epidemiology

Socioeconomic Differences: Life Expectancy by Level of Education

Elizabeth Arias, PhD, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

Is There Progress Towards Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Leading Causes of Death?

Melonie Heron, PhD, Division of Reproductive Health, CDC

10:30          Breakout Sessions

Data Quality Focus

Moderator: Regina Zimmerman, New York City Office of Vital Statistics

Automated Fetal Cause-of-Death Coding: Improving Cause of Fetal Death Data

Donna Glenn, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Donna Hoyert, PhD, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Induced Termination of Pregnancy: Auditing and Reporting Activities in Vermont

Richard McCoy, Vermont Division of Health Surveillance

New York City Cause of Death Quality Study

Beth Begier, New York City Office of Vital Records

Pregnancy Mortality Data; What Lies Below the Tip of the Iceberg?

Isabelle Horon, DrPH, Maryland Vital Statistics Administration, and President, NAPHSIS

Lessons from H1N1 and Other Surveillance Using Vital Records

Moderator: Alvin Onaka, PhD, Hawaii Office of Health Status Monitoring

An Enhanced System for Monitoring Influenza and Pneumonia Deaths in Pennsylvania during the 2009-2010 H1N1 Novel Influenza Pandemic

Marina Matthew, Pennsylvania Bureau of Health Statistics and Research

Automated Influenza and Pneumonia Reporting in an EDRS

Alvin Onaka, PhD, Hawaii Office of Health Status Monitoring

State Pilot Project Using EDRS for H1N1 Surveillance

Linette Scott, MD, California Health Information and Strategic Planning Division

Interaction of Vital Records Systems with Electronic Health Records

Moderator: Darin Meschke, North Dakota Division of Vital Records

From HELP2 to EDEN via HL-7: Interoperability in Utah

Barry Nangle, PhD, Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics

Challenges When a State EBRS and a Hospital EBRS Use Different Standards

Jane Kraus, Wisconsin Vital Records Office

Vermont Comparisons of EBRS Data with Hospitals’ OBNet System Data: Part Two!

Cindy Hooley, Vermont Division of Health Surveillance

1:30            Breakout Sessions

Registration: Innovative Solutions to New Issues

Moderator: Cathy Molchan-Donald, Alabama Center for Health Statistics

Oregon PEP: Oregon’s Campaign to Improve the Paternity Establishment Percentage

Jennifer Woodward, PhD, Oregon Center for Health Statistics

                  Collegiate Commemorative Certificates to Increase Revenues

Lou Saadi, PhD, Kansas Center for Health and Environmental Statistics

Altering a Mother’s Identity

Kelly Baker, Oklahoma Center for Health Statistics

Vital Records Issuance and Security Paper

Moderator: Mark Kassouf, Ohio Office of Vital Records

Intaglio: A Brief History

Tom O’Toole, Pacific Bancnote Company, LLC

Jim Columbus, Northern Bank Note Company

Security with Paper Based Documents

Jerry Hemming, Midwest Bank Note Company

Kris Valenti, Midwest Bank Note Company

Vital Record Security

Francois Arsenault, Cascades Paper, on behalf of ABNote North America

Maternal and Child Health Research

Moderator: Stephanie Ventura, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, CDC

Preliminary Findings from the ‘Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait’ Initiative

Diane Ashton, MD, March of Dimes Foundation

Are Home Births Attended by Midwives at Greater Risk of Morbidity, Mortality, and Other Adverse Outcomes?

Cindy Hooley, Vermont Division of Health Surveillance

Abortion Surveillance in the United States: Future Directions and Challenges

Karen Pazol, MD, Division of Reproductive Health, CDC