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Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR)

Electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) is the automated transmission of reportable laboratory findings from commercial, public health, hospital, and other labs to state and local public health departments from a laboratory information management system or an electronic health records system. Through automation, ELR helps laboratories efficiently meet state requirements for providers to report cases of specified diseases to the health department.

ELR supports overall public health surveillance by improving the timeliness and accuracy of case confirmation and reporting to state and local health departments. It also supports national public health surveillance by improving the timeliness and accuracy of notifiable disease data voluntarily shared by states with CDC.

Learn more about ELR specifications from the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and Meaningful Use.


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