TY - JOUR AU - Muhetaer, Kasimu AU - Santos, Eunice R. AU - Raju, Avi AU - Allred, Kiley AU - Yang, Biru AU - Arafat, Raouf R. PY - 2016/03/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Timeliness Study of Disease Surveillance Data Post ELR Implementation in Houston JF - Online Journal of Public Health Informatics JA - OJPHI VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Poster Presentations DO - 10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6563 UR - https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6563 SP - AB - <p class="p1">After ELR implementation in Houston, the annual number of cases and number of reportable cases increased substantially (chart1); prior to the ELR implementation it took longer to report a case. The use of electronic disease surveillance system and the implementation of ELR improved the Houston disease surveillance system capacity of early case detection (table1); however, after ELR implementation, probably due to increase in case volume, it took longer to complete an investigation (table2); not substantial differences were found between cases pre and post ELR implementation, but cases populated by ELRs were less complete with case reporting information (table3).</p> ER -