Electronic Laboratory-based Reporting (ELR)
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Definition | CDC Involvement | ELR Bibliography | Other Web Sites
Definition of Electronic Laboratory-Based Reporting
Electronic Laboratory-Based Reporting (ELR) is the transmission of data of public health importance from clinical laboratories to public health agencies in electronic format.
Source: Health Information and Surveillance Systems Board, CDC. Electronic Laboratory-Based Reporting. http://www.cdc.gov/od/hissb/act_elr.htm.
CDC Involvement in ELR
The CDC's Health Information and Surveillance Systems Board has created a web site with many documents on ELR at http://www.cdc.gov/od/hissb/docs.htm.
The primary report at this web site is Electronic Reporting of Laboratory Information for Public Health, a 41 page PDF document at http://www.cdc.gov/od/hissb/docs/elr-1999.pdf (the Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read PDF files).
The Public Health Conceptual Data Model is explained at http://www.cdc.gov/od/hissb/docs/PHCDM-toc.htm.
ELR Bibliography with links to PubMed
Pinner RW, Jernigan DB, Sutliff SM. Electronic laboratory-based reporting for public health. Mil Med 2000 Jul;165(7 Suppl 2):20-4
Tatsumi N, Okuda K, Tsuda I A new direction in automated laboratory testing in Japan: five years of experience with total laboratory automation system management. Clin Chim Acta 1999 Dec;290(1):93-108
Effler P, Ching-Lee M, Bogard A, Ieong MC, Nekomoto T, Jernigan D. Statewide system of electronic notifiable disease reporting from clinical laboratories: comparing automated reporting with conventional methods. JAMA 1999 Nov 17;282(19):1845-50
Note: Published erratum appears in JAMA 2000 Jun 14;283(22):2937
Dembek ZF, Kellerman SE, Ganley L, Capacchione CM, Tenover FC, Cartter ML, Van Kruiningen HJ, Jarvis WR, Hadler JL. Reporting of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Connecticut: implementation and validation of a state-based surveillance system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999 Oct;20(10):671-5
Roush S, Birkhead G, Koo D, Cobb A, Fleming D. Mandatory reporting of diseases and conditions by health care professionals and laboratories. JAMA 1999 Jul 14;282(2):164-70
White MD, Kolar LM, Steindel SJ. Evaluation of vocabularies for electronic laboratory reporting to public health agencies. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1999 May-Jun;6(3):185-94
Markin RS. Recent trends in clinical laboratory automation.Clin Lab Manage Rev 1998 May-Jun;12(3):176-80
Squires SG, Aronson KJ, Remis RS, Hoey JR. Improved disease reporting: a randomized trial of physicians. Can J Public Health 1998 Jan-Feb;89(1):66-9
Hung J, Posey J, Freedman R, Thorton T. Electronic surveillance of disease states: a preliminary study in electronic detection of respiratory diseases in a primary care setting. Proc AMIA Symp 1998;:688-92
Wade V, Grimson W, Hederman L, Yearworth M, Groth T. Managing the operation of open distributed laboratory information systems. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 1996 Jul;50(2):123-33
Bean NH, Martin SM, Bradford H Jr. PHLIS: an electronic system for reporting public health data from remote sites. Am J Public Health 1992 Sep;82(9):1273-6
Birkhead G, Chorba TL, Root S, Klaucke DN, Gibbs NJ. Timeliness of national reporting of communicable diseases: the experience of the National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance. Am J Public Health 1991 Oct;81(10):1313-5
Other Web Sites of Interest
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
http://www.aphl.org
APHL's mission is to promote the contributions of public health policies, programs, and practices that contribute to continuous improvement in the quality of laboratory practice in both the public and private sectors.
National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS)
http://www.naphsis.org
NAPHSIS is an association of public health professionals concerned about vital records and health statistics, providing a forum for discussing vital records registration issues as well as statistical issues among responsible individuals in state health agencies.
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