Why do I need to provide the Patient Roster information?

Why do I need to provide the Patient Roster information?

o SHIELD Illinois needs this information to create patient records in our EMR software PnC. Once records are created, patients may test.Why do I need to provide student emails?
o IDPH requires demographic and contact information to assist with contact tracing. 

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      The laboratory that processes the tests needs to identify the sample to the person who provides the sample, requiring a date of birth. Also, all positive test results  must be reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health in accordance with ...

    • What fields are required in the Patient Roster?

      o Last Name o First name o Middle name (optional) o DOB o Sex o EmployeeNumber o WorkEmailAddress o MobilePhone o Isstudent o Isemployee o Isconsented o School o LocalAddress1 o Localcity o Localstate o LocalZipcode o Ethnicity o Race

    • Can I send an updated roster?

      If you have additional patients or users to add: Less than 50 users/patients - Roster adds of less than 50 patients or users need to be added individually through the Mass Tester application. 50 or more users/patients - Roster adds of more than 50 ...

    • Has SHIELD Illinois received my patient or user access roster?

      If the roster or user access roster was uploaded according to the instructions provided in your onboarding documentation, it has been received. It can take 7-10 days for rosters to be verified and processed into PnC. If this is your first roster, ...

    • Is SHIELD Illinois HIPAA compliant?

      The privacy of our patient data and compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations is of the utmost importance to the SHIELD Deployment Unit of the University of Illinois system (“SHIELD Illinois”). The Standards for Privacy of Individually ...