Uses of electronic health records for public health surveillance to advance public health

GS Birkhead, M Klompas… - Annual review of public …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Public health surveillance conducted by health departments in the United States has
improved in completeness and timeliness owing to electronic laboratory reporting. However …

Using health information exchange to improve public health

JS Shapiro, F Mostashari… - … journal of public …, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Public health relies on data reported by health care partners, and information technology
makes such reporting easier than ever. However, data are often structured according to a …

[HTML][HTML] Global public health surveillance under new international health regulations

MG Baker, DP Fidler - Emerging infectious diseases, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The new International Health Regulations adopted by the World Health Assembly in
May 2005 (IHR 2005) represents a major development in the use of international law for …

[HTML][HTML] Willingness to share personal health record data for care improvement and public health: a survey of experienced personal health record users

ER Weitzman, S Kelemen, L Kaci, KD Mandl - BMC medical informatics …, 2012 - Springer
Background Data stored in personally controlled health records (PCHRs) may hold value for
clinicians and public health entities, if patients and their families will share them. We sought …

Infectious disease underreporting is predicted by country-level preparedness, politics, and pathogen severity

AJ Meadows, B Oppenheim, J Guerrero, B Ash… - Health …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Underreporting of infectious diseases is a pervasive challenge in public health that has
emerged as a central issue in characterizing the dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Scenarios, personas and user stories: User-centered evidence-based design representations of communicable disease investigations

AM Turner, B Reeder, J Ramey - Journal of biomedical informatics, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose Despite years of effort and millions of dollars spent to create unified electronic
communicable disease reporting systems, the goal remains elusive. A major barrier has …

[HTML][HTML] Engaging the private sector in malaria surveillance: a review of strategies and recommendations for elimination settings

A Bennett, ALV Avanceña, J Wegbreit, C Cotter… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
Background In malaria elimination settings, all malaria cases must be identified,
documented and investigated. To facilitate complete and timely reporting of all malaria …

Benefits and barriers to electronic laboratory results reporting for notifiable diseases: the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene experience

TQ Nguyen, L Thorpe, HA Makki… - American journal of …, 2007 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. Despite national support for electronic laboratory reporting (ELR), the transition
from paper to electronic reporting has been slow both nationally and locally. We assessed …

[HTML][HTML] Notifiable condition reporting practices: implications for public health agency participation in a health information exchange

D Revere, RH Hills, BE Dixon, PJ Gibson, SJ Grannis - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background The future of notifiable condition reporting in the United States is undergoing a
transformation with the increasing development of Health Information Exchanges which …

[HTML][HTML] Completeness and timeliness of notifiable disease reporting: a comparison of laboratory and provider reports submitted to a large county health department

BE Dixon, Z Zhang, PTS Lai, U Kirbiyik… - BMC medical informatics …, 2017 - Springer
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 …