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a newsletter for our colleagues who prepare and register death certificates

March 2012	Feature Stories Do not share copies of death certificates OVERS help desk Two new registration timelines for death Who to call at the Center for Health Statistics Veteran’s combat status update Disposition in Oregon Medical section should be completed by the medical certifier Funeral home billing process Funeral home numeric report
August 2011	Feature Stories Redesigned Center for Health Statistics Website Staff Turnover? Let Us Know. Abandoned Records Improving Correction Affidavits Informant on the Death Certificate New Law for Veterans' Certificates Reducing Death Record Errors Changes to SSA Verification Procedures Complete Injury Reporting is Critical to Public Health Joe Carney
March 2011	Feature Stories Oregon Health Authority Has Arrived Doctor's Self-paced Guide to Using OVERS Do I Need To Submit a 721 Form Complete Injury Reporting Is Critical To Improving Public Health OVERS Tip: Find The Doc Before You Drop OVERS Tip: UsingThe Type Of "Place of Deah" Dropdown List Medical Certifiers From Bordering States E-mail Notices Provide Important Death Reporting OVERS Tip: Reporting Time Of Death Using The 24-Hour Clock
Summer 2010	Feature Stories Introduction Release of non-certified scanned and photocopied death certificates Pleace of death care facilities County death abstract cards Fetal death Final Disposition permits in OVERS Correction affidavit errors Death authentication documents Timelines for submitting death certificates to the state Tech tips - answers to common questions about using OVERS

Fall 2008	Feature Stories Discontinuing faxed death certificates Electronic vs. paper amendments Color copies not allowed Final disposition Q&A What funeral facilities may order death certificates Infant death vs. fetal death OVERS changes ahead Decedent's residence-hospice option Presumptive death Race, education, marital status Use of Domestic Partnership for marital status Report of death still required Reducing need for correction affidavits Street number field in EDRS For Veteran's use only EDRS is a success but we still have work to do Assistance with Russian Old Orthodox decedents
Winter 2006	Feature Stories Fetal Deaths and Infant Deaths Copies of the Death Certificate New Field Liaison Forms Electronic Death Registration System Update Injury Information on the Death Certificate FAQs About the New Death Certificate
April 2005	Feature Stories Staff Introductions The Only Constant is Change Decedent's Age (Item 5) Place of Death and Facility Name (Item 9a and 9b) Time of Death (Item 27) Short Form Death Certificates Faxed Death Certificates--Just a Reminder ME Notification Electronic Death Registration Update The Life Cycle of the Oregon Death Certificate Vital Records Staff Close Up No Disinterment Permit Required for Cremains Death Certificates: Let's Get It Right What do we do with all that data? Forms
September 2004	Feature Stories Staff Introductions 24-Hour Notices Required Fetal Deaths Hospice and the Medical Examiner Procedures for Amending Death Certificates Death Certficate Form Pages Dispositon Out-of-State Donations and Another Type of Disposition Mea Culpa

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