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A Comparison of the Completeness and Timeliness of Automated Electronic Laboratory Reporting and Spontaneous Reporting of Notifiable Conditions.

Objectives. We examined whether automated electronic laboratory reporting of notifiable-diseases results in information being delivered to public health departments more completely and quickly than is the case with spontaneous, paper-based reporting. Methods. We used data from a local public health...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 344 - 351
Main Authors: Overhage, J. Marc, Grannis, Shaun, McDonald, Clement J.
Format: Article
Published: American Public Health Association February 2008
Subjects:
Diseases > Reporting
Information storage & retrieval systems > Public health
Medical databases
Public health
Equipment & supplies
Nosocomial infections
Therapeutics
Health education
Education software
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