Public Health Reporting & Surveillance

Evaluate public health reporting compliance covering disease surveillance, immunization registries, syndromic surveillance, and vital statistics reporting

HealthcareBiotechResearch20 minutes18 questions

1. Reportable Disease Surveillance

Are nationally notifiable diseases reported to state health departments per timelines?*

CDC NNDSS: Report diseases within required timeframes (immediate for category A, 24hrs for urgent)

Are state-specific reportable conditions included in surveillance?*

State laws may require reporting beyond CDC list (e.g., Lyme in endemic states)

Is electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) implemented?*

Automated lab result reporting via HL7 2.5.1 messages to state health department

2. Immunization Registries

Are immunizations reported to state/local immunization information systems (IIS)?*

Meaningful Use requirement: Bidirectional exchange with IIS using HL7 messages

Are immunization records queried from IIS before administering vaccines?*

Check IIS for prior immunizations to avoid duplicates, determine due vaccines

Is vaccine administration data complete (CVX, MVX, lot number, site)?*

CVX (vaccine type), MVX (manufacturer), lot/expiration, anatomic site, route

3. Syndromic Surveillance

Are emergency department visits reported to syndromic surveillance systems?*

Near-real-time ED data (chief complaint, discharge diagnosis) to detect outbreaks

Is syndromic data transmitted daily or more frequently?*

Automatic daily extracts from EHR to state/local health department syndromic system

Are syndromic data quality reports reviewed and errors corrected?*

Monitor data completeness, timeliness, validity; address missing/invalid fields

4. Vital Statistics

Are births reported electronically to state vital records within required timeframe?*

Electronic birth registration (EBR) within 5-10 days of birth per state law

Are fetal deaths reported per state requirements (typically >20 weeks)?*

Fetal death certificates for stillbirths meeting gestational age/weight criteria

Are deaths reported to medical examiner/coroner when required?*

Report suspicious, traumatic, sudden, unattended deaths per state law

5. Laboratory Reporting

Do clinical laboratories report positive/negative results for notifiable diseases?*

CLIA labs must report to state health department, not just positive results

Are cancer diagnoses reported to state tumor registries?*

Hospitals, labs, physicians report cancer diagnoses within 6 months

Are elevated blood lead levels in children reported?*

Labs report BLL ≥5 μg/dL in children <18 to state health department

6. Data Standards & Interoperability

Are public health messages formatted using HL7 2.5.1 or FHIR standards?*

HL7 v2.5.1 for immunizations, ELR, syndromic; FHIR adoption increasing

Are standard vocabularies used (SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm, CVX)?*

SNOMED for diagnoses, LOINC for labs, RxNorm for drugs, CVX for vaccines

Is patient matching performed to reduce duplicate records in registries?*

Probabilistic matching algorithms, MPI integration to link records across systems

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