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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS)

Submitting Data

The National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS) provides a platform for receiving data from facilities (health centers, hospitals, etc.) to support the Indian Health Service’s enterprise reporting objectives. Sites have the ability to send data to the NPIRS National Data Warehouse (NDW) environment utilizing various file formats and file transfer protocols.

Sites that are sending patient registration, visit and other clinical data should leverage the instructions below:

The Standard HL7 and non-HL7 format page will provide insight on the different options for sending facility data to the NPIRS National Data Warehouse (NDW) for standard and national reporting.

Sites that are sending data in support of providing COVID Vaccination HL7 2.5.1 information should leverage the instructions below:

The COVID-19 Vaccine HL7 2.5.1 format page will provide information on how to submit data for the purposes of tracking the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations.