FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

ABOUT STEVE

Leesa Shem-Tov

STEVE Project Manager

Is STEVE part of EVVE?

STEVE and EVVE are almost entirely different

• Different applications • Different purposes• Different users• Transmit different data• Route messages differently• Different accounting

BUT• STEVE and EVVE can co-exist on the same

hardware in your jurisdiction

Can we use STEVE even if we haven’t finished

re-engineering?

Re-engineering is not required

• STEVE input files can come from any data repository

• STEVE output files can be loaded back into any data repository

• Different files types can come from different sources

Do I have to use STEVE?What happens if I don’t?

STEVE is not currently mandatory

• Implementation begins in late 2008 and continuing through 2010

• Non-participants may experience delays in receiving IJE data from trading partners

• Assume NCHS data transmission will only be through STEVE at some point

• Only practical way to meet birth-death matching requirements

How do I know who is an active STEVE trading partner?

STEVE displays a map

• Logon display of jurisdictions showing active, inactive and pending trading partners

• If not an active participant, there is no trading partner profile activated

• Once a new trading partner joins, IP address and other information is automatically “pushed” to the community

What hardware, software and licenses will I need for

STEVE?

Assumptions

• Standard configuration with a web server in a DMZ and the STEVE TM installed behind the firewall

• Permission to install and operate STEVE

• IT support for network configuration• IT support for installation and

maintenance of the TM

What’s needed to install STEVE• PHINMS certificate from CDC• Commercial SSL certificate for Web Server • Commercial SSL certificate for TM Server• Determine target Web Server operating

system/software (IIS/Apache/Other)• Determine target TM Server operating

system/software (Tomcat/Other)• Determine target TM Database (SQL

Server/Oracle/Other)• Identify or procure hardware resources for

Web, TM and Database servers

Do I need to install PHINMS?

PHINMS comes wrapped inside STEVE

• No additional installation required

• PHINMS will be installed with STEVE

• Cannot use existing PHINMS installations for STEVE

• PHINMS now supports point-to-point message transmission

How will STEVE know how my data should be exchanged

and used?

You configure your rules

• Display data elements for each file type• Make a “go” or “no go” decision:

– Vital records trading partners– Data sharing partner programs in other

jurisdictions– Data sharing partner programs in your jurisdiction– VSCP data reportable to NCHS

• STEVE saves the rules as “filters” • If things change, modify a filter or add a new one

How do I know if my IJE files are correctly prepared?

STEVE allows you to pre-validate your IJE files

• Facility to test IJE formatting prior to production or after modification

• Identifies validation errors at the field level

• Opens validation “window” into actual data

• If passes field validation, can be directly submitted for messaging

What happens once I’m in production?

You can exchange

• Birth, death, roster, fetal death, ITOP events with other jurisdictions

• VSCP reportable data with NCHS

• Specific data to designated data sharing partners, such as newborn hearing or child support enforcement

• Data for approved research

• Single files on request

Most things are automatic

• Picks up files from designated inbox• Strips off and sends NCHS data• Identifies message destinations from the

data• Creates, transmits and tracks message

transmissions• Loads files into recipient mailboxes• Provides reports of transmission activity

and TM performance

Do I have to send all my data through STEVE?

What if I send only birth data --- will I receive only birth

data?

You control what you send and received

• You can send selected file types

• You can send data to NCHS through STEVE or not

• You will receive all data once you are a trading partner

• You can set up whatever mailboxes you choose

How do I become a trading partner?

Timetable

• 5 to 6 start-up trading partners in late 2008

• @24 more jurisdictions in 2009

• Remaining jurisdictions, including territories, in 2010

• NCHS planning for early 2009

• Additional trading partners for Phase II upon application to IJE Committee

Contact NAPHSIS

IJE Committee Chairperson

Jane McKendry

Jane.mckendry@cdph.ca.gov

Leesa Shem-Tov

lshemtov@naphsis.org