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guidelines. The iCare
GUI is intended to allow
providers to see a
more complete view of
patients with multiple
conditions, while maintaining
the integrity of
user-defined, diseasespecific
registers.
Computerized Public
Health Activity Data
System (BNI)
The Computerized
Public Health Activity
Data (CPHAD) System
occupies the BNI name
space. Options, security
locks and keys, templates,
routines, and
globals are namespaced
BNI.
System Requirements
• Kernel (XU) v8.0 or
higher
• FileMan (DI) v21 or
higher
Contents of Distribution
for GUI Interface
• bni10client.zip—
GUI software for
the client PC
• bni10setup.exe
• Indian-
HealthService.bni1
0.msi
Security Key
• BNIZMENU
The CPHAD application
provides for the
entry of public health
activity performed by
clinicians or other providers
of public health
activities. This software
application will work in
conjunction with existing
RPMS applications.
The package requires
access and verify
codes to access the
system. These can be
obtained from your
supervisor or site manager.
Security keys are
assigned with your access
codes. They are
required to perform
certain options in the
CPHAD application.
Some options within
the application are
“locked”; the user is
unable to access the
option without the appropriate
security key.
CPHAD is a menudriven
application designed
to provide its
users with an efficient,
dependable way to
enter each occurrence
of a public
health activity. The
application:
• enables the entry
of new records;
• enables editing of
records already
entered at the facility;
and
• prints several reports
about various
aspects of the
record.
There are three basic
types of screens that
you will encounter using
the CPHAD application:
the main menu
screen, submenu
screens, and help
screens.
Immmunization Data
Exchange (BYIM)
System Requirements
• Kernel (XU) v8.0 or
higher
• FileMan (DI) v22 or
higher
• IHS/VA Utilities
(XB/ZIB) v3.0 patch
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• IHS Patient Dictionaries
(AUPN)
Immunization Interface
Management, also
known as Immunization
Data Exchange, allows
a two-way exchange
of immunization data
for children from birth
to 19 years of age between
facilities running
RPMS and state im-
The HL7 Communications
Bridge, a non-
RPMS application, enables
an automated
two-way exchange of
immunization data
between IHS and the
state. All IHS sites can
download this bridge;
however, it can only
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