Completeness of Data on Race and Ethnicity and Timeliness of Electronic Case Reports for COVID-19 at 4 Health Care Organizations in Florida, December 2020.

IF 3 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1177/00333549241308414

Laura A Conn, Goldie MacDonald, Brandi Campbell, Leah Eisenstein, Allison Culpepper, Shelby Fawaz, Virginia Rieck Warren, Brittney Prahlow, Michael Sheppard, Kelly Carey, Emma Sunnassee, Hussain Yusuf, Matthew D Ritchey

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Abstract

Objectives: Electronic case reporting (eCR), a cornerstone of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Data Modernization Initiative, automates bidirectional information sharing between electronic health records and public health agencies for reportable conditions. eCR grew rapidly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. CDC and the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) collaborated to compare the completeness and timeliness of eCR with that of traditional reporting methods for COVID-19-related patient encounters at 4 health care organizations in Florida in December 2020.

Methods: Electronic initial case reports (eICRs) were matched to corresponding (ie, for same patient encounter) electronic laboratory reports (ELRs) or manually transmitted documents. We extracted and compared selected data from each report type across matched reports for completeness and timeliness.

Results: Most (>98%) eICRs provided earlier notification of COVID-19 to the local public health department than corresponding ELRs or manually transmitted documents. Additionally, eICRs provided more data on race and ethnicity (>90%) than ELRs (71%) or manually transmitted documents (<5%).

Conclusions: Advancing implementation of eCR nationwide may provide more complete and timely case data than ELR or manually transmitted documents to guide public health action.

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Public Health Reports 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

6.10%

发文量

164

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

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