Further reading

Further reading

Module 1 Background
Unit 1
Background 
Unit 2
Use case description 
Unit 3
Overview of needed data exchanges 
Unit 4
Value proposition 
Module 2 Plan
Unit 1
Overview of planning 
Unit 2
Healthcare readiness assessment 
Unit 3
Public health readiness assessment 
Unit 4
HL7 specification and sample eICRs 
Module 3 Implement
Unit 1
Overview of implementation 
Unit 2
Understanding CSTE case reporting criteria 
Unit 3
Value sets 
Unit 4
Healthcare recommendations 
Unit 5
Public health recommendations 
Unit 6
eICR parser and validator 
Unit 7
Case detection logic 
Module 4 Evaluate
Unit 1
Overview of evaluation 
Unit 2
Template evaluation plan 
Module 5 Get involved and learn more
Unit 1
PACER pilot 
Unit 2
Further reading 
Module 6 All toolkit downloads
Unit 1
Downloads 

Publications and learning resources

These resources provide additional background on the process and concepts behind STI eCR, and provide further context for programs looking to evaluate their own eCR efforts.

Knowledge artifacts for PACER application

  • The open-source code for PACER can be found on Github.

https://github.com/PACER-PHII/PACER

  • The following websites provide a guide of the PACER application. Users can review the PACER Client section and Server section for a detailed breakdown of services within each component. Developers can access direct installation instructions in the Client Installation Instructions and Server Installation Instructions page.

PACER Introduction

Client Installation Instructions

Server Installation Instructions

 

Lessons on optimizing STI reporting

This 2021 article in the “Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases” authored by representatives of PHII, CDC and project partners in Oregon summarizes the findings from an eCR pilot of gonorrhea and chlamydia conducted in Oregon in early 2020.

 

This article published in 2022 in the “Journal of Medical Internet Research” authored by representatives of PHII, CDC and project partners in Illinois summarizes the findings from an eCR pilot of gonorrhea and chlamydia conducted in Illinois in late 2020. 

 

Public health reporting and outbreak response

This article published in AMIA in 2020 describes how data gathering mechanisms can be leveraged using new clinical standards, using FHIR as a model.

 

Using FHIR for electronic case reporting

This article published in 2019 describes a pilot to test the feasibility of a standards-based application designed to automate STI case information collection and reporting. In the pilot study, electronic laboratory messages triggered a FHIR-based application to query a patient’s electronic health record for details needed for an electronic case report.

 

Leveraging decision support analytics, FHIR and case reporting for information exchange

This presentation for AMIA Summit 2020 explores how existing standards and systems can be leveraged to support electronic information exchange and eCR.

 

Leveraging informatics to identify reportable cases

This journal article describes an STI eCR pilot program conducted in eight Chicago-area community health centers in 2017.

 

Introduction to eCR for STIs

PHII, with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of STD Prevention, created this online course to provide an introduction to basic elements of electronic case reporting in the context of STI surveillance. This course launched after the close of the STI eCR learning community webinar series.