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Improving Notifiable Disease Case Reporting Through Electronic Information Exchange-Facilitated Decision Support: A Controlled Before-and-After Trial.
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- Healthcare provider burden reduction and estimated cost savings realized with electronic case reporting implementation across 3 healthcare organizations.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2026Article
- Influences on Emergency Clinician Use of Health Information Exchange: Interview Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2025Article
- Equivalence of electronic health record data for measuring hypertension prevalence: a retrospective comparison to BRFSS with data from two Indiana health systems, 2021.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Evolution of clinical Health Information Exchanges to population health resources: a case study of the Indiana network for patient care.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
- The Evolution of Health Information Technology for Enhanced Patient-Centric Care in the United States: Data-Driven Descriptive Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- The effect of behavioral therapy on dysphagia of acute ischemic stroke patients feeding with a nasogastric tube.PloS one · 2024Observational
- Compliance of Healthcare Providers With the Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Article
- Gonorrhea testing, morbidity, and reporting using an integrated sexually transmitted disease registry in Indiana: 2004-2016.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveOutbreak detection and disease control may be improved by simplified, semi-automated reporting of notifiable diseases to public health authorities. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of an electronic, prepopulated notifiable disease report form on case reporting rates by ambulatory care clinics to public health authorities.
methodsWe conducted a 2-year (2012-2014) controlled before-and-after trial of a health information exchange (HIE) intervention in Indiana designed to prepopulate notifiable disease reporting forms to providers. We analyzed data collected from electronic prepopulated reports and "usual care" (paper, fax) reports submitted to a local health department for 7 conditions by using a difference-in-differences model. Primary outcomes were changes in reporting rates, completeness, and timeliness between intervention and control clinics.
resultsProvider reporting rates for chlamydia and gonorrhea in intervention clinics increased significantly from 56.9% and 55.6%, respectively, during the baseline period (2012) to 66.4% and 58.3%, respectively, during the intervention period (2013-2014); they decreased from 28.8% and 27.5%, respectively, to 21.7% and 20.6%, respectively, in control clinics (
conclusionsElectronic, prepopulated case reporting forms integrated into providers' workflow, enabled by an HIE network, can be effective in increasing notifiable disease reporting rates and completeness of information. However, it was difficult to assess the effect of using the forms for diseases with low prevalence (eg, salmonellosis, histoplasmosis).
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