Death Certificates In-House Now

Lots of people know that our Office of Vital Records is the statewide data hub for birth certificates, but we’re also in charge of death certificates. The program we use for death certificates is called the “Vital Statistics Information Management System”. The system used to be supported by a contractor in Utah, but no more. We set a goal a couple of years ago to bring the system in-house, and we achieved our goal this month, as a result of careful planning and elbow grease. For the past 5 months our IT and vital records teams have been testing and addressing several issues related to this migration. The extra time and effort IT staff have put in were certainly commendable & worthwhile especially for an application of this magnitude and technical challenges.

Thanks to our team members that made this happen including Raghu Ramaswamy, Mike Harris, Bianca Soto, Ellen Rayer, Mike Shaw, Michael Conklin, Dough Leach, Erik Kleist, Deborah Heemstra and James Reid. In addition, we also appreciate the support & contribution from the IT contractor Lee Collins, Gold Systems staff, Mark Wolinski (Accordex), & Bao Huynh (SSA). Nice. I love being in control of our own destiny.

By azdhs-admin|2011-03-31T08:46:38-07:00March 31st, 2011|Preparedness|Comments Off

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Arlis Jenkins is the Hepatitis C Epidemiology Program Manager at the Arizona Department of Health Services. Her work involves specialized knowledge of state and local jurisdictions, social determinants of health and harm reduction services including drug user health and sex positivity. She is tasked with hepatitis C elimination planning and strategy implementation, a collaborative project that necessitates statewide community engagement and the formation of strategic partnerships to increase access to quality hepatitis C prevention and care services for all Arizonans.