Use of Hospital Discharge Data to Evaluate Notifiable Disease Reporting to Colorado's Electronic Disease Reporting System

Statewide system of electronic notifiable disease reporting from clinical laboratories: comparing automated reporting with conventional methods.

CONTEXT Notifiable disease surveillance is essential to rapidly identify and respond to outbreaks so that further illness can be prevented. Automating reports from clinical laboratories has been proposed to reduce underreporting and delays. OBJECTIVE To compare the timeliness and completeness of a prototypal electronic reporting system with that of conventional laboratory reporting. DESIGN ...

Clinical Versus Public Health Perceptions of Notifiable Disease Reporting Burden

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Notifiable Disease Reporting among Physicians Practicing in Grenada

Introduction Despite the significance of disease reporting to any health system, Grenada like most countries struggle with underreporting of notifiable diseases by physicians. In order to improve the national disease surveillance system in Grenada, it is critical understand the reasons for any underreporting. The study was conducted to determine physicians’ knowledge of notifiable reporting and...

Assessment the Adherence of Radiologists to the Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TIRADS)

Introduction: Thyroid nodules are the most common findings among adults. Usually, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) can be used to distinguish the malignant and benign lesions. Application of a non-invasive method for determining the chance of malignancy in a nodule is desirable. Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TIRADS) was introduced to decrease the unnecessary FNABs and to optimi...

Indifferent reporting of notifiable diseases.