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The purpose of the eCR/RCKMS Community of Practice Basecamp is to provide staff from state, local, territorial, and tribal public health agencies with a venue to participate in peer-to-peer discussions pertaining to using RCKMS. This Basecamp is not intended for formal communications about RCKMS or eCR and will not be moderated by CSTE staff. For technical issues or assistance with RCKMS, please visit www.rckms.org to submit a ticket. Disclaimer: The statements and responses posted on the eCR/RCKMS Community of Practice are solely the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC or CSTE.
Becky Lampkins, Manager, Surveillance/Informatics Program at CSTEMeredith Lichtenstein, CSTELaura ErhartNancy Barrett, Epi 4/PH Informatics SpecialistRita Altamore, EpidemiologistDavid DiCesareWalter Kemper, ELR Coordinator, NC DHHS Div of Public HealthAmanda Payne, Senior Consultant at J Michael ConsultingJohn Satre, Informatician at Iowa Department of Public HealthShaily Krishan, Program Manager at CSTEJudie HyunKathy Turner, Deputy State Epidemiologist at IDSara Robinson, ID Epi Program Director at Maine CDCMisty Johnson, Informatician, WI DHSCrystal Snare +376 others
Posted by Shahidah Williams ·

IMPORTANT: Scheduled RCKMS Authoring Interface Outage 1/18/22 - 1/28/22

The below message was also shared via email to all RCKMS users.

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Good morning RCKMS users,
 
Beginning at 11AM ET, Tuesday, January 18, 2022 and continuing until 5PM ET on Friday, January 28, 2022, the RCKMS System will undergo a major maintenance update to improve the resiliency and performance. 
 
During this two-week period, all authoring and publishing of reporting specifications will be disabled in the RCKMS Authoring Interface.
 
All Reporting Specifications published prior to 11AM ET on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 will continue to be in effect and jurisdictions will continue to receive eICRs and Reportability Responses (RRs) according to any published Reporting Specifications. 
 
We recommend all users review your jurisdiction-specific reporting specifications and plan to SAVE/PUBLISH ANY CHANGES before 10:59AM ET January 18, 2022.
 
How does this impact me?
Disabling of Rules Authoring and Publishing– Due to the nature of the update, authoring and publishing or Reporting Specifications will be disabled in the Authoring Interface during the update period. Users will still be able to log into the Authoring Interface, view previously imported reporting specifications, and run test cases on previously published reporting specifications; however, they will not be able to import, edit, or publish reporting specifications for their jurisdiction. 
 
The table below summarizes what functionality will be available to users.
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Processing of eICRs
The update will not impact eICR processing. Messages will continue to be processed during the update period according to the Reporting Specifications published prior to 11AM ET on January 18, 2022. 
 
User Support and Production Issues
In the event an authoring or production support issue arises, please click here to contact the RCKMS team. Both the RCKMS and eCR support teams will be available to assist during the extended RCKMS update period.
 
If you have any questions or need assistance adjusting your rules, please contact the RCKMS team at rckms@cste.org. We will follow up with an additional reminder before the update begins. 
  
Kind Regards,
 
The CSTE RCKMS Team
rckms@cste.org