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Review
. 2016 Nov;131(6):742-746.
doi: 10.1177/0033354916670871. Epub 2016 Oct 13.

The Promise of Electronic Case Reporting

William R Mac Kenzie  1 , Arthur J Davidson  2 , Andrew Wiesenthal  3 , Jeffrey P Engel  4 , Kathryn Turner  5 , Laura Conn  1 , Scott J Becker  6 , Sharon Moffatt  7 , Samuel L Groseclose  8 , Jim Jellison  9 , John Stinn  3 , Nedra Y Garrett  1 , Lesliann Helmus  1 , Bob Harmon  10 , Chesley L Richards  11 , John R Lumpkin  12 , Michael F Iademarco  1
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The Promise of Electronic Case Reporting

William R Mac Kenzie et al. Public Health Rep. 2016 Nov.
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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Overview of a proposed model of components and data flow for electronic case reporting in the United States. Abbreviation: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adapted from: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Public Health Community Platform: condition referral from EHR to public health use case. http://www.thephcp.org/committees/case-reporting. Accessed August 25, 2016.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Draft data elements for inclusion in electronic initial case reports (eICRs) from electronic health records to intermediary platforms in the United States. Abbreviations: DOB, date of birth; ID, identification. Source: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists’ Initial Case Report Task Force.
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