Electronic Case Reporting Use Case
This use case allows healthcare providers to send case reports regarding a patient’s infectious disease status to a public health agency.
About the eCR Use Case
Infectious diseases result in more than 10.2 million physician office visits, and 4.7 million emergency department visits each year in the United States[1]. MiHIN’s Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) use case allows clinicians to share complete disease-related data for birth defects, overdoses, environmental conditions, chronic diseases, and all other reportable conditions. Coordinated data sharing between health care organizations, MiHIN and MDHHS is essential for early detection, quick response, and accurate monitoring of health threats to protect vulnerable communities. The eCR bi-directional exchange process lays the foundation so clinicians can be in alignment with their statutory duty to report to local and state public health, while receiving feedback and staying better informed.
Benefits of Participating in eCR
- Improve timeliness and accuracy of disease surveillance data for better public health response.
- Simplify compliance with the CMS Promoting Interoperability Program Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange objective.
- Reduce manual work such as faxing, phone-based case reporting, or manual case entry into the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS).
- Support interoperability modernization through alignment with MDHHS, MiHIN, and CDC standards.
[1] (2024, December 17). Infectious disease. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved September 29, 2025, from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/infectious-disease.htm
