Automated detection and reporting of notifiable diseases using electronic medical records versus passive surveillance--massachusetts, June 2006-July 2007.

Electronic medical record (EMR) systems have the potential to improve reporting of notifiable diseases beyond either traditional clinician-initiated or automated laboratory-based reporting systems. Traditional clinician-initiated passive surveillance is burdensome to clinicians and often incomplete...

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Published in:MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 57; no. 14; pp. 373 - 377
Format: Journal Article
Published: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) 4/11/2008
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost