It is important to provide a Use Case for Collecting Hospital PPE Measures including the steps for collecting PPE data, measuring reports, and automating the data received. NIOSH-NPPTL has an example of a use case that can be provided as an example of a supply use case to complement the existing patient use cases. 2.3.1. Collecting Hospital PPE Data Measures: This use case addresses the collection of PPE from several hospital systems in an automated system that communicates supply back to hospitals and helps federal, state, and local stockpiles anticipate shortages and demand. A central, automated system is able to collect multiple PPE data elements such as N95 respirators, surgical masks, and face shields by examining the "eaches" received by model number, manufacturer, and NIOSH approval number, and then reports these to a trust data platform for hospital systems. This use case is supported by PPE current inventory reported; 2.3.1.1 - Collecting Hospital PPE and Measures Process Flow: PPE report data can come from multiple applications or tools across hospitals, but reported to one trust data platform for normalization and standardization. Provides PPE Capacity including Total number of PPE available, PPE being replenished, and warning levels. In order to automate this PPE inventory information, a central reporting system should be made available to accept data, which can then by aggregated. NIOSH-NPPTL can provide a detailed overview of such a process flow as outlined in 2.3.1.1.-1;. 2.3.2. Accessing PPE Measure Reports. Any federal, state, or local hospital or stockpile group should be able to query a reporting a system to report on PPE supply and shortages for a particular hospital system, region, or state. This use case can be supported by measures and queries as described in 2.2.5.5. Dashboards that are accessible can be provided and updated regularly using validated algorithms for current and replenished PPE supplies; 2.3.4. - Automating Measure Computation. In our use case a neutral trust data platform through an automated procedure, can compute and report PPE measure data. An automated measure reduces burden on individual hospitals and manual data entry steps. Additionally, a PPE data standard, as discussed in earlier ballot comments, will make PPE data computation standardized and easier to automate and communicate supply and demand.

Existing Wording:

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Proposed Wording:

See summaries within each proposed, new, section in the ballot comment: Demonstrate Collecting Hospital PPE Data (2.3.1) Collecting Hospital PPE and Measures process Flow (2.3.1.1.); Accessing PPE Measure Reports (2.3.2.); Automating PPE Measure Computation (2.3.4).