Patient Level Data Resources
Tools
- Race & Ethnicity Sample Data Collection Tool, Rev. 8/2022
- Personal Data Brochure, Rev. 1/2023
- Preferred Language Spoken: Dos and Don’ts
- Trouble-Shooting Guide for Transmittal Errors, Rev. 11/2021
FAQs
Forms
**NOTICE** Submit completed forms by email to your facility’s assigned HCAI analyst or to the general Patient-level data emailbox. Due to current circumstances, staff are not onsite at headquarters and faxes will not be retrieved on a timely basis.
SIERA User Registration
User Registration Information Sheet: To access SIERA, all facilities must first download and complete the following forms:
Other Forms
- Appeal Process
- Extension Request
- No Data to Report: Verification to HCAI that your facility does not have data to report for the current open report period.
- Modification for Consolidation: Prior to submitting separate data reports, a consolidated facility must request a modification.
Quick Notes Technical Bulletins
- Issue 68: Duplicate Record Warning Edit/ED & AS Reporting Reminders
- Issue 67: 2023 Requirements Updates and Reminders
- Issue 66: 2023 Reporting Requirements/Race Reporting
- Issue 65: 2023 Reporting Requirements – FAQs
- Issue 64: 2023 New Reporting Requirements
- Issue 63: 2023 Proposed Regulations
- Issue 62: New Department Name/Proposed Regulations
- Issue 61: SIERA Quick Tips and Resources
- Issue 60: New 2021 Edits and SIERA Terminology
- Issue 59: Data Reporting 2021/SIERA FAQs – Part II
- Issue 58: Data Reporting 2021/SIERA FAQs
- Issue 57: System Upgrades and COVID-19 Reporting
- Issue 56: Hospice and Newborn Reporting Reminders
- Issue 55: Survey for System Improvements
- Issue 54: Skilled Nursing Procedures/2019 Reminders
- Issue 53: Research at Risk/2019 Requirement Reminders
- Issue 52: 2019 Requirements are a Month Away
- Issue 51: MIRCal Contacts and Website Updates
- Issue 50: 2019 New Reporting Requirements
- Issue 49: 2019 MIRCal Regulations Approved
- Issue 48: Public Comment Period Open!
- Issue 47: Public Comment Period/Reporting Homeless
- Issue 46: Preserving Your Records
- Issue 45: 2017 Inpatient Data Element Changes
- Issue 44: Preserving Procedures Through Error Corrections
- Issue 43: ICD-10 Reporting External Causes
*Please note: Links referenced in old Quick Notes issues may be obsolete or no longer valid. Please consult the Inpatient and ED/AS Data Reporting Manuals to confirm CURRENT detailed information regarding reporting requirements for each data element.