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<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\nElectronic Case Reporting<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\nDefinition:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMandatory reporting of specific health conditions to public health departments is crucial for effective disease monitoring and response. Healthcare providers have historically used manual reporting methods \u2013 including faxes, phone calls, and electronic forms \u2013 which diverts time from patient care. <\/span>Electronic case reporting<\/span><\/a> (eCR) automates this process by extracting required information from electronic health records. This enhances efficiency, lessens the workload on healthcare providers, and enables faster responses to emerging public health concerns.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nNational picture:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nA key benefit of eCR has been the secure, rapid data exchange between clinical healthcare providers and state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.\u202f<\/span>Adoption of eCR<\/span><\/a> accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing from 187 facilities in the beginning of 2020 to <\/span>31,000<\/span> in all 50 states as of Jan. 22, 2024. <\/span>210 conditions<\/span><\/a> are reportable by eCR (as of January 2024), with more conditions being regularly added.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRemoving reporting and data entry burdens for healthcare and public health allows both parties more time to focus on understanding the health issues and taking actions to treat patients or prevent further illness. Expansion of eCR is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s <\/span>Public Health Data Strategy<\/span><\/a> (PHDS). Goals for 2024 include integrating eCR into disease surveillance systems in 38 jurisdictions and 35 percent of critical access hospitals participating in eCR.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n- California electronic case reporting hold queue\u00a0mitigates\u00a0volume\u200b<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- California improves reporting on silicosis<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Adoption of eCR for MIS-C\u00a0Surveillance in Idaho\u200b<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Swimming in the data: Utilizing a\u00a0data lake for eCR data quality in\u00a0Minnesota<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Minnesota leverages data for\u00a0public health surveillance and\u00a0decreasing provider burden on\u00a0reporting<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- \nNorth Carolina uses eCR to detect major ELR outages<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- Oregon implements and\u00a0optimizes electronic case\u00a0reporting<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Texas upload of closed\u00a0cases<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Texas implements electronic case\u00a0reporting (eCR)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa becomes the first tribal public health agency to directly receive eCR<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Condition feed splitter for eCR improves systems for eCR evaluation in Wisconsin<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- ECR improves case finding for occupational health conditions in Wisconsin<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Florida improves timeliness and efficiency through electronic case reporting (eCR)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n\u201cWhat\u2019s really going to be important for us is, we\u2019re building this great infrastructure right now\u2026but it\u2019s never going to be one-and-done. We\u2019re going to have to have sustained funding moving forward to make sure that this infrastructure keeps up with public health practice. And, you know, that technology and innovation is constantly feeding upon itself.\u201d\u200b<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\u200b<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\u2013 Kathryn Turner, Idaho<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”17px” body_text_shadow_style=”preset5″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhat\u2019s really going to be important for us is, we\u2019re building this great infrastructure right now\u2026but it\u2019s never going to be one-and-done. We\u2019re going to have to have sustained funding moving forward to make sure that this infrastructure keeps up with public health practice. And, you know, that technology and innovation is constantly feeding upon itself.\u201d\u200b<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\u200b<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\u2013 Kathryn Turner, Idaho<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”Features” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ custom_margin=”27px||27px||false|false” custom_padding=”1px||2px|||” disabled=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ custom_margin=”1px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”60px|0px|27px|0px|false|false” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” scroll_horizontal_motion=”50|50|50|100|4|0|-4″ border_color_all=”rgba(0,0,0,0.06)” border_width_top=”1px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture4.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”60px” content_max_width=”1100px” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ header_font=”||||||||” body_font_size=”17px” body_line_height=”2em” hover_transition_duration=”750ms” hover_transition_delay=”50ms” hover_transition_speed_curve=”ease-out” image_max_width=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}” transform_styles__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_scale__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_translate__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_rotate__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_skew__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_origin__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” transform_scale__hover=”108%|108%”]<\/p>\n
Electronic<\/b> Case<\/b> Reporting<\/b><\/p>\n
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Laboratory<\/b> Data<\/b> Exchange<\/b><\/p>\n
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Syndromic<\/b> Surveillance<\/b><\/p>\n
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Nationally<\/b> Notifiable<\/b> Diseases <\/b>Surveillance <\/b>System<\/b><\/p>\n
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Data<\/b> Science<\/b> Workforce<\/b><\/p>\n
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Partnership<\/b> and<\/b> Innovation<\/b><\/p>\n
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Epidemiology<\/b> and<\/b> Laboratory<\/b> Capacity<\/b><\/p>\n
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Interoperable<\/b> Data<\/b> Systems<\/b><\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Definition:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mandatory reporting of specific health conditions to public health departments is crucial for effective disease monitoring and response. Healthcare providers have historically used manual reporting methods \u2013 including faxes, phone calls, and electronic forms \u2013 which diverts time from patient care. <\/span>Electronic case reporting<\/span><\/a> (eCR) automates this process by extracting required information from electronic health records. This enhances efficiency, lessens the workload on healthcare providers, and enables faster responses to emerging public health concerns.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n National picture:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A key benefit of eCR has been the secure, rapid data exchange between clinical healthcare providers and state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.\u202f<\/span>Adoption of eCR<\/span><\/a> accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing from 187 facilities in the beginning of 2020 to <\/span>31,000<\/span> in all 50 states as of Jan. 22, 2024. <\/span>210 conditions<\/span><\/a> are reportable by eCR (as of January 2024), with more conditions being regularly added.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Removing reporting and data entry burdens for healthcare and public health allows both parties more time to focus on understanding the health issues and taking actions to treat patients or prevent further illness. 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