This week's introduction

Last week, you identified the Partner Agencies in your community, and put together a lot of information about the services they offer and the sites they operate out of. Now, we're going to start putting you to work!

This week is all about the building blocks of HIFIS 4 configuration, and we're going to cover two important concepts: Service Providers and Clusters. We're going to talk about translating Partner Agencies into their HIFIS 4 equivalents: Service Providers. It's not a direct translation, unfortunately, so there are some nuances that are important to learn. We're also going to group the Service Providers into Clusters, and begin to discuss who can share their data with everyone else.

Reference Materials

• HIFIS 4 Implementation Guide, Section 2.5.1
• HIFIS 4 Configuration Guide, pages 16-24