Objective Outbreak detection and disease control may be improved by simplified, semi-
automated reporting of notifiable diseases to public health authorities. The objective of this …

Background Most public health agencies expect reporting of diseases to be initiated by
hospital, laboratory or clinic staff even though so-called passive approaches are known to …

Consensus-based technical guidance for electronic case reporting (eCR) of sexually
transmitted infections was implemented within existing health information technologies to …

Background Infectious diseases can appear and spread rapidly. Timely information about
disease patterns and trends allows public health agencies to quickly investigate and …

Background Health information exchange (HIE) is the electronic sharing of data and
information between clinical care and public health entities. Previous research has shown …

Background The future of notifiable condition reporting in the United States is undergoing a
transformation with the increasing development of Health Information Exchanges which …

Suboptimal reporting of notifiable diseases in Canadian emergency departments: A survey of
emergency physician knowledge, practices, and perceived barriers - Canada.ca Skip to main …

Strong notifiable disease surveillance systems are essential for disease control. We sought
to determine if a brief informational session between clinic and health department …

Objectives Disease surveillance by clinicians is critical to public health activities, yet studies
have demonstrated significant underreporting of reportable diseases by clinicians. We …

Objective: To calculate average savings of using health information exchange (HIE) for
demographic and treatment requests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Western New York …