Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-dh8gc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-05T04:58:22.536Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Public Health Surveillance: Electronic Reporting as a Point of Reference

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Jennifer Black ,
Rachel Hulkower ,
Walter Suarez ,
Shreya Patel  and
Brandon Elliott
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Federal, state, and local laws shape the use of health information for public health purposes, such as the mandated collection of data through electronic disease reporting systems. Health professionals can leverage these data to better anticipate and plan for the needs of communities, which is seen in the use of electronic case reporting.

Type
Symposium Articles
Information
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 47 , Issue S2: 2018 Public Health Law Conference: Health Justice: Empowering Public Health and Advancing Health Equity , Summer 2019 , pp. 19 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2019

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Infectious Disease Guiding Principles, available at <http://www.astho.org/Policy-and-Position-Statements/Policy-Statement-on-Infectious-Disease/> (last visited March 16, 2019).+(last+visited+March+16,+2019).>Google Scholar
Sickbert-Bennett, E. et al., “Completeness of Communicable Disease Reporting, North Carolina, USA, 1995–1997 and 2000–2006,” Emerging Infectious Diseases 17, no. 1 (2011): 23.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ramanathan, T. et al., “Federal Public Health Laws Supporting Data Use and Sharing,” Public Health Law, available at <https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/docs/datasharing-laws.pdf> (last visited March 16, 2019); Schmit, C. et al., “Transitioning from Paper to Digital: State Statutory and Regulatory Frameworks for Health Information Technology,” Public Health Reports 132, no. 5 (2017): 585.Google Scholar
Dixon, B. et al., “Automating Provider Reporting of Communicable Disease Cases Using Health Information Technology,” Poster session presented at IUPUI Research Day (Nov. 2014), available at <https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/5318> (last visited March 16, 2019); see Schmit et al., supra note 3.+(last+visited+March+16,+2019);+see+Schmit+et+al.,+supra+note+3.>Google Scholar
Chaudhry, B. et al., “Systematic Review: Impact of Health Information Technology on Quality, Efficiency, and Costs of Medical Care,” Annals of Internal Medicine 144, no. 10 (2006): 742.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Effler, P. et al., “Statewide System of Electronic Notifiable Disease ReportingfFrom Clinical Laboratories: Comparing Automated Reporting with Conventional Methods,” JAMA 282, no. 19 (1999): 1845, 1847.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
See Sickbert-Bennett, supra note 2.Google Scholar
“ECR Exchange Transactions,” hl7 website, available at <http://www.hl7.org/fhir/uv/ecr/2018jan/ecr-exchange.html> (last visited March 16, 2019).+(last+visited+March+16,+2019).>Google Scholar
Corrado, R. et al., “Electronic Case Reporting Is Coming… ‘Weather’ Your PHA Is Ready or Not!” CSTE Confex. website, available at <https://cste.confex.com/cste/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/9997> (last visited March 16, 2019).+(last+visited+March+16,+2019).>Google Scholar
MacKenzie, W. et al., “The Promise of Electronic Case Reporting,” Public Health Reports 131 (2016): 742-746.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Digital Bridge, Issue Brief: eCR — Executive Summary, available at <https://digitalbridge.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Final-eCR-Executive-Summary.pdf> (last visited March 16, 2019).+(last+visited+March+16,+2019).>Google Scholar
Id.Google Scholar
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, “Electronic Case Reporting (eCR),” 2016, available at <https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cste.org/resource/resmgr/2016PS/16_SI_02.pdf> (last visited March 16, 2019).+(last+visited+March+16,+2019).>Google Scholar
Office of the National Coordinator, “Draft Trusted Exchange Framework,” Health IT website, January 5, 2018.Google Scholar
Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services, “What Is a Use Case,” available at <https://mihin.org/what-is-a-use-case/> (last visited March 16, 2019).+(last+visited+March+16,+2019).>Google Scholar