New-2012 Matters of Record

January 2012 - Birth

Featured Stories
Physician is attendant at Cesarean section deliveries
Is bigger better?
House Bill 2380: Mother’s intended place of delivery
OVERS Help Desk
Place of birth
Timeliness update article
Staff turnover? Let us know

March 2012 - Death

Featured 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

April 2012 - Birth

Featured Stories
Confidentiality of information on the worksheet
Improving data quality: prenatal care
When a baby is not named at birth
Surrogate mothers
Birth certificates for babies of same sex parents
Reporting accurate titles for birth attendants
Update on new birth questions
Adding special characters

May 2012 - County

Featured Stories: Important! - new Cashier Close process to start July 2nd; Annual registration of Co. Registrar/Deputy Registrar Commissions; Use OVERS to fight crime; Notifying county clerks of deaths to county residents; Errors on birth records; Policy for release of veteran’s copies; Policies related to replacement certificates; Who to call at Center for Health Statistics; July 2012 - Birth
Featured Stories
Physician is attendant at Cesarean section deliveries
Why parents cannot have a copy of the birth worksheets
Correcting errors on birth records
Reporting fetal deaths that occur at home
Babies’ names on their Social Security Card
More questions about domestic partners
New communication process: From faxes to e-mails
Improving data quality: Pregnancy history
Just for midwives

August 2012 - Death

Featured Stories
Legislative House Bill 3611
Veteran’s combat status update
Disposition and transit permits
Unknown city limits
Medical certifiers from bordering states - an update
Requesting death certificates and corrections by fax

October 2012 - Birth

Featutred Stories
OVERS new look & feel
Common OVERS error messages
What makes a good comment?
Reporting unknowns
Updating staff members
Error report consolidation update
Common errors on marital status
New business reply envelopes
Improving data quality: mother’s worksheet
Just for midwives insert

November 2012 - County

Featured Stories: Want to know about triennial reviews; County Registrar and Deputy Registrar duties; The new look and feel of OVERS; Replacement records from OVERS; ME Refer - Line Item 46 and the Death Certificate Sight Verification Tool; New at the State Vital Records Office: Self-Service Kiosks; Sight Verification Tool