背景:伊利诺伊州的衣原体和淋病病例继续上升,2019年分别增长16.4%和70.9%,与2015年相比。提供者必须同时报告衣原体和淋病,根据公共卫生法的规定。手动报告仍然是一个巨大的负担;90%-93%的病例是通过电子实验室报告(ELR)向伊利诺伊州公共卫生部(IDPH)报告的,其余的是通过基于网络的数据输入平台报告的,传真,和电话。然而,通过ELRs报告的病例仅包含实验室设施可获得的信息,不包含公共卫生所需的其他数据.这样的数据通常在电子健康记录(EHR)中找到。开发了电子病例报告(eCR),并自动生成EHR的病例报告,以报告给公共卫生机构。
目标:先前的研究合并了eCR的触发标准,与手动报告相比,发现它更完整。该项目的目标是针对衣原体和淋病进行基于标准的eCR试点。我们评估了吞吐量,完整性,与ELR相比,eCR的及时性,以及伊利诺伊州大型卫生中心控制网络的实施经验。
方法:对于本研究,我们选择了北部的8个诊所,西方,和芝加哥南部实施eCR;这些病例报告给IDPH。研究时间为52天。这些诊所使用的集中式EHR利用了3种病例检测方案中的2种,以前定义为触发器,生成eCR。这些信息通过健康等级7电子初始病例报告标准成功传输。IDPH收到后,这些eCR被解析并存储在一个暂存数据库中.
结果:在研究期间,IDPH接受了183例代表135例独特患者的eCR。eCR报告了所有衣原体病例的95%(n=113例)和所有淋病病例的97%(n=70例)。eCR发现另外14例(19%)淋病病例未通过ELR报告。然而,ELR报告了另外6例衣原体和2例淋病,未通过eCR报告。ELR报告了100%的衣原体病例,但只有81%的淋病病例。虽然患者和提供者姓名等关键要素在eCR和ELR中均完整,发现eCR报告了其他临床数据,包括目前的病史,访问的原因,症状,诊断,和药物。
结论:eCR成功识别并创建了伊利诺伊州实施诊所的衣原体和淋病病例的自动化报告。eCR展示了更完整的病例报告,代表了减少提供者报告病例的负担,同时实现医疗保健系统和公共卫生之间更大的语义互操作性的前景。
Chlamydia and gonorrhea cases continue to rise in Illinois, increasing by 16.4% and 70.9% in 2019, respectively, compared with 2015. Providers are required to report both chlamydia and gonorrhea, as mandated by public health laws. Manual reporting remains a huge burden; 90%-93% of cases were reported to Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) via electronic laboratory reporting (ELR), and the remaining were reported through web-based data entry platforms, faxes, and phone calls. However, cases reported via ELRs only contain information available to a laboratory facility and do not contain additional data needed for public health. Such data are typically found in an electronic health record (EHR). Electronic
case reports (eCRs) were developed and
automated the generation of
case reports from EHRs to be reported to public health agencies.
Prior studies consolidated trigger criteria for eCRs, and compared with manual reporting, found it to be more complete. The goal of this project is to pilot standards-based eCR for chlamydia and gonorrhea. We evaluated the throughput, completeness, and timeliness of eCR compared to ELR, as well as the implementation experience at a large health center-controlled network in Illinois.
For this study, we selected 8 clinics located on the north, west, and south sides of Chicago to implement the eCRs; these cases were reported to IDPH. The study period was 52 days. The centralized EHR used by these clinics leveraged 2 of the 3
case detection scenarios, which were previously defined as the trigger, to generate an eCR. These messages were successfully transmitted via Health Level 7 electronic initial
case report standard. Upon receipt by IDPH, these eCRs were parsed and housed in a staging database.
During the study period, 183 eCRs representing 135 unique patients were received by IDPH. eCR reported 95% (n=113 cases) of all the chlamydia cases and 97% (n=70 cases) of all the gonorrhea cases reported from the participating clinical sites. eCR found an additional 14 (19%) cases of gonorrhea that were not reported via ELR. However, ELR reported an additional 6 cases of chlamydia and 2 cases of gonorrhea, which were not reported via eCR. ELR reported 100% of chlamydia cases but only 81% of gonorrhea cases. While key elements such as patient and provider names were complete in both eCR and ELR, eCR was found to report additional clinical data, including history of present illness, reason for visit, symptoms, diagnosis, and medications.
eCR successfully identified and created
automated reports for chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in the implementing clinics in Illinois. eCR demonstrated a more complete
case report and represents a promising future of reducing provider burden for reporting cases while achieving greater semantic interoperability between health care systems and public health.