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An Evaluation of Electronic Laboratory Data Quality and a Health Information Exchange
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Electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) was demonstrated just over a decade ago to be an effective method to improve the timeliness of reporting as well as the number of reports submitted to public health agencies. The quality of data (inc.… read more -
A model for flu outbreak surveillance that describes the time lag for data reporting from the first presentation of a case to diagnosis
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Reporting notifiable conditions to public health authorities by health-care providers and laboratories is fundamental to the prevention, control, and monitoring of population-based disease. To successfully develop community… read more -
Collaborative development of use cases for geospatially enabling a health information exchange
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Given the clear relationship between spatial contexts and health, the Indiana Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics (ICEPHI) aims to serve both the needs of public health researchers and practitioners by… read more -
Using Open-Source Grid-Computing Technology to Improve Processing Time for Geospatial Syndromic Surveillance Data
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Outbreak detection algorithms for syndromic surveillance data are becoming increasingly complex. Initial algorithms focused on temporal data but newer methods incorporate geospatial dimensions. As methods evolve, it is important to understand the… read more -
Towards Estimation of Electronic Laboratory Reporting Volumes in a Meaningful Use World
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to incentivize hospitals and physicians to become meaningful users of electronic health record (EHR) systems. In a final rule issued… read more -
Towards Interoperability for Public Health Surveillance: Experiences from Two States
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The use of health information systems to electronically deliver clinical data necessary for notifiable disease surveillance is growing. For health information systems to be effective at improving population surveillance functions, semantic… read more -
Clinical Versus Public Health Perceptions of Notifiable Disease Reporting Burden
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The importance transmitting clinical information to public health for disease surveillance is well-documented. Conventional reporting processes require health care providers to complete paper-based notifiable condition reports which are transmitted… read more -
Effect of Electronic Health Record Systems Access on Communicable Disease Report Completeness
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Disease surveillance is a core public health (PH) function. To manage and adjudicate cases of suspected notifiable disease, PH workers gather data elements about persons, clinical care, and providers from various clinical sources, including… read more