Catalog

Introduction to Interoperability, Standards and the Role of the Public Health Domain expert

Surveillance modernization efforts emphasize the potential use of electronic health record (EHR) data to inform public health surveillance and prevention. However, EHR data streams vary widely in their completeness, accuracy, and representativeness. This publication describes a validation process developed by the Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS) pilot project to identify and resolve data quality issues that could affect chronic disease prevalence estimates.

This presentation is a review of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and its relationship to public health. The recording is a presentation to the Tennessee Informatics Community of Practice.

Learn the difference between eCR and traditional case reporting. See how eCR is a faster process to receive and send more complete data.

Definition of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of those working in the discipline