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Overview of Bi-Directional Interface

Cryssa Bartels
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This article explains how Passport enables communication of monitoring results back to your data source, such as an HRIS or EHR, via Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). Reports in .csv format are delivered to the SFTP "Reports" folder for import into your system. Each report includes a prefix, type, user, and timestamp. To establish an SFTP data interface, organizations must have a dedicated team, including an Operations Decision Maker and an HRIS/IT Representative, and outline goals and data requirements.

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Passport grants the ability to communicate monitoring results back to your data source (e.g. a Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), etc.) by delivering a report to you via our Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server.

 

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In order to establish a data interface, your organization must retrieve reports from the ProviderTrust SFTP Server which will be available for import into your data system.  It is essential that you have a dedicated team--consisting of at least an Operations Decision Maker and HRIS/IT Representative--handling this project.

 

Questions to get started: 

  • What are your goals?
  • What verified data do you need returned to you?
  • Do you have a dedicated team to handle this data interface?

SFTP Report Considerations

  1. Every SFTP (SFTP Setup) report name will include:
    1. Your Designated Prefix
    2. The Type of Report
    3. The User that set up the Report
    4. A Time/Date Stamp
  2. All files exist in a .csv (comma separated values) format
  3. The delivered reports will appear in the "Reports" folder of the SFTP.  Each report will remain there until your organization deletes the file.  This allows an organization the ability to import any of the desired files--mapping them directly into the HRIS.
  4. The list of available reports can be found at How to Schedule Reports

 

When setting up bi-directional interface, we will first like to discuss your goals. After careful consideration of your business needs, we will help outline the best configuration for your organization’s data interface with Passport.

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