HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) - US Realm
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This page is part of the electronic Case Reporting (eCR) (v2.1.2: STU 2) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Acknowledgements

This guide was produced and developed through a collaborative effort of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist (CSTE), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), public health surveillance practitioners, EHR vendors, and the HL7 Public Health (PH) Work Group for an electronic initial case report (eICR). A list of data elements for electronic initial case reports was developed by the CSTE Electronic Initial Case Report Task Force in collaboration with the CDC. Pregnancy status data for public health reporting were identified by a task force from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). CDC provided some funding to our partner organizations to support these activities. The project team that participated in the development of this implementation guide is:

  • Laura A. Conn, Director, Health Information Strategy Activity, CSELS, CDC and Member, CSTE eICR Task Force
  • Erin Holt Coyne, Tennessee Department of Health, and Co-chair, HL7 PH Work Group, and Member, CSTE eICR Task Force
  • Sarah Gaunt, Senior Information Analyst, Lantana Consulting Group
  • Rick Geimer, Chief Innovation Officer, Lantana Consulting Group
  • John W. Loonsk, Johns Hopkins University Center for Population Health IT, consultant to APHL, and Executive Sponsor, Public Health Case Report Project, PH WG
  • Sean McIlvenna, IT Manager and Senior Software Architect, Lantana Consulting Group
  • Bryn Rhodes, Alphora
  • Adam Stevenson, Alphora
  • Wendy L. Wise, Senior Project Manager, Lantana Consulting Group

This and predecessor documents were reviewed by many national and state public health organizations, standards development organizations and vendors. The authors and editors would like to express gratitude to these reviewers for their thoughtful comments and support during development of this guide. In addition, special thanks need to be expressed to the following organizations who contributed to this document:

  • Association of Public Health Laboratories
  • Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers/Institutes/Offices:
    • Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS)
    • Office of Infectious Diseases
    • National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
    • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
    • National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
    • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
  • Public Health Informatics Institute

Others who contributed to this, and predecessor, documents include:

  • Chad Albent - InterSystems
  • Marla Albitz, Wolters Kluwer
  • Noam Artz, HLN Consulting
  • Rita Altamore, Washington Department of Health
  • Nancy Barrett, Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Dan Chaput, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS
  • Michael Clifton, Epic
  • Glenn Copeland, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
  • James Daniel, HHS
  • Virginia Dato, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Sherri Davidson, Alabama Department of Health
  • Dave deRoode, Lantana Consulting Group
  • George Dixon, AllScripts
  • Jean Duteau, Duteau Design, Inc.
  • John Eichwald, CDC
  • Eric Haas, Health eData
  • Janet Hamilton, CSTE
  • John Hatem, Oracle
  • Richard Hornaday, AllScripts
  • Janet Hui, HLN Consulting
  • Ray Humphreys, Altarum Institute
  • Mario Hyland, AEGIS
  • Jim Jellison, PHII
  • Ramya Kommareddi, Altarum Institute
  • Austin Kreisler, Leidos
  • Nell Lapras, Epic
  • Eric Larson, Northrup Grumman
  • Meredith Lichtenstein, CSTE
  • Julie Lipstein, Inductive Health
  • Claire Loe, PHII
  • Genevieve Luensman, CDC
  • Joginder Madra, Madra Consulting
  • Tonya Martin, CDC
  • Ulrike Merrick, APHL
  • Maiko Minami, HLN Consulting
  • Sunanda McGarvey, Northrup Grumman
  • Craig Newman, Altarum Institute
  • M'Lynda Owens, Cognosante
  • Laura Rappleye, Altarum Institute
  • Lori Reed-Forquet, eHealthSign
  • Marcus Rennick, ASTHO
  • Bryn Rhodes, Dynamic Content Group
  • John Roberts, Tennessee Department of Public Health
  • Mitra Rocca, Food and Drug Administration
  • Mark Roche, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS
  • Dan Rutz, Epic
  • Rob Savage, Rob Savage, LLC
  • K.P. Sethi, Lantana Consulting
  • AbdulMalik Shakir, Hi3 Solutions and Shakir Consulting
  • Catherine Staes, University of Utah
  • John Stamm, Epic
  • Walter Suarez, Kaiser Permanente
  • Jenni Syed, Cerner
  • Mead Walker, Mead Walker Consulting
  • Kathy Walsh, LabCorp
  • Michelle Williamson, CDC
  • Danny Wise, AllScripts
  • Mike Yaskanin, Altarum Institute
  • Daniel Zhang, Epic