There is an article published by MA Health Data Consortium, 'Internet Would Speed Public Health Response in the event of Bioterrorism' www.mahealthdata.org . It talks about public health reporting 'consistent with HIPAA security and transaction standards'. This SNIP routing effort might have to be expanded to include health reporting which goes beyond just EDI unless there is a clinical reporting transaction being developed. As you may be aware the Mayo Clinic was the first to diagnose the anthrax poisoning after 9-11 and used an internal email alert system to notify physicians of the diagnosis and symptoms to look for. The Federal government is looking for a similar national reporting system. To complicate issues a SNIP routing system could include clinical info routing for medical emergencies (bioterrorism/anthrax). Regards, Dave Frenkel
