Some organizations manually enter information into the BORN Information System (BIS), some upload batches of information from their Electronic Medical Record (EMR), and some use a combination of the two. Organizations choose the method that makes the most sense for them.

Manual Data Entry Resources

• BIS User Guide
• BIS Messaging User Guide
• Requirements for Live and Stillbirths
• Downtime Forms
  • Antenatal General
  • Labour/Birth Mother Encounter
  • Postpartum Mother Encounter
  • Birth Child Encounter
  • Postpartum Child Encounter
  • NICU Encounter

Batch Upload Resources

If your organization is an upload site, the work happens in the background; frontline staff enter directly into the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). A designated person uploads information from the EMR into the BORN Information System (BIS).

• BIS User Guide
• BIS Messaging User Guide
• Requirements for Live and Stillbirths
• Upload Specification v4.2.1