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

• Please log into the BORN Information System (BIS) and visit the Help Page to view the BIS User Guide and BIS Messaging Guide.
• Requirements for Live and Stillbirths

Downtime Forms - Hospitals

• Antenatal General Encounter
• Labour/Birth Mother Encounter
• Postpartum Mother Encounter
• Birth Child Encounter
• Postpartum Child Encounter
• NICU Encounter
• HBHC Screen - English
• HBHC Screen - French

Downtime Forms - Midwifery

• Antenatal General Encounter
• Labour/Birth Mother Encounter
• Postpartum Mother Encounter
• Birth Child Encounter
• Postpartum Child Encounter
• HBHC Screen - English
• HBHC Screen - French

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).

• Please log into the BORN Information System (BIS) and visit the Help Page to view the Upload File Specification; the BIS User Guide and the BIS Messaging Guide.
• Requirements for Live and Stillbirths