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As part of its Congressionally-mandated feasibility assessment for a U.S. mesothelioma patient registry, the Respiratory Health Division of NIOSH seeks a partner at a mesothelioma treatment center to ... As part of its Congressionally-mandated feasibility assessment for a U.S. mesothelioma patient registry, the Respiratory Health Division of NIOSH seeks a partner at a mesothelioma treatment center to test methods for electronic collection of structured and standardized occupational information from mesothelioma patients, which would support accurate and efficient reporting and facilitate research on occupational risk factors. NIOSH has devised a modular framework for structuring, standardizing, and collecting information about a patient’s work, in the context of their health information; this framework is called Occupational Data for Health (ODH). ODH is designed to facilitate selection of standardized entries by providing recognizable terms to the patient or patient representative for most data elements, including industry and occupation. These standardized terms can be used for clinical decision support, to identify populations for focused analysis, and to support public health surveillance and investigations. Incorporating electronic collection of ODH from mesothelioma patients into the feasibility assessment will help establish the data structure in alignment with anticipated future use of ODH in electronic health records (EHR) and with data collected in cancer registry systems.Through its extensive interactions with diverse mesothelioma stakeholders, NIOSH has determined it is unlikely that other contractors would have the unique expertise, relationships and state environment required to conduct this assessment in a timely manner. ?This is not a request for competitive quotations .Any quotation/response should be emailed to contract specialist at MSo9@cdc.gov by COB 16 Aug 2021