Volume 8, Number 7, July 2002

Research

Automatic Electronic Laboratory-Based Reporting of Notifiable Infectious Diseases

Anil A. Panackal,* Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha,† Fu-Chiang Tsui,‡  Joan McMahon,§ Michael M. Wagner,‡ Bruce W. Dixon,§ Juan Zubieta,* Maureen Phelan,* Sara Mirza,* Juliette Morgan,* Daniel Jernigan,* A. William Pasculle,‡ James T. Rankin, Jr.,† Rana A. Hajjeh,* and Lee H. Harrison‡
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; ‡University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; and §Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Figure 4. Venn Diagram depicting the number of notifiable disease reports received independently by the electronic laboratory-based reporting of UPMC electronic system or the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) paper-based reporting, or both. The estimated true total number of reports available, calculated by the Chandra Sekar-Deming capture-recapture method, is shown in the large, encompassing circle. ELR is electronic laboratory-based reporting, and CRS is conventional paper-based reporting system.

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