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E-Vital |
Program
Manager |
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John
McGing |
Description |
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Establishes
common electronic processes for Federal and State
agencies to collect, process, analyze, verify and
share vital statistics record information. Also
promotes automating how deaths are registered with
the states (Electronic Death Registration (EDR)). |
Progress
to Date |
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National
rollout of EDR began in FY 2001 when SSA signed
contracts with the District of Columbia, New Hampshire,
and New Jersey to help them implement their EDR
process |
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Signed contracts with Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana,
New Mexico, New York City, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Texas, and Washington State to assist them
in implementing EDR |
Next
Steps |
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Implement death
registration software in the District of Columbia,
Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York City, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Texas, and Washington State |
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Federal,
state, and local government agencies
need state vital records (e.g., birth and death
certificates)
to administer programs that promote the health
and security of all citizens. The information
collected by the states involves many participants
including funeral directors, physicians, medical
examiners and hospitals. The processes currently
used to collect and maintain vital records data
are largely manual and paper-based, resulting
in error rates, fraud, and delays in service
delivery to citizens as well as cross-agency
data exchanges.
The E-Vital initiative seeks to automate and
streamline the current paper-bound processes used
to collect, process, analyze, and disseminate
vital records information among government agencies
and others that require access to vital records
data according to state and federal laws and regulations.
One part of E-Vital supports the initiative begun
in the states to re-engineer death registration
processes. The other seeks to create an on-line
system that will enable the Social Security Administration
and state vital records offices to verify the
availability and accuracy of birth and death records.
Specifically, E-Vital will:
- Expedite the automation of state processes
for death registration.
- Simplify, through the
use of Internet-based technology, processes
associated with collecting, reporting,
and verifying vital records.
- Establish a framework
that will facilitate more efficient processing
and exchange of state-owned
vital record information.
In addition to reducing administrative, program,
and customer costs associated with vital records,
E-Vital enhances the ability of state and federal
agencies to provide quality customer service by
improving the accuracy and speed of access to
vital records data. E-Vital will also help to
eliminate benefits fraud and erroneous payments
resulting from untimely and inaccurate vital records.
Initial estimates indicate that E-Vital will produce
cost savings in hundreds of millions for federal
and state government agencies. The states are
key participants in this effort along with the
Social Security Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, Office of Personnel Management,
Department of Defense, Department of Health and
Human Services, and the Internal Revenue Service.
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FAST FACT |
Each
year the Social Security Administration receives
over 6 million claims - for retirement, survivors
and disability benefits - that must be verified
through the use of state vital records information.
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