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.

For the 2023 EHR reporting period in the CMS’ Programs, Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (PI) for eligible hospitals/CAHs, and Quality Payment Program (QPP)/Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for eligible clinicians, there are two available options to be considered as meeting requirements.

The Active Engagement Options are:

Option 1: Pre-production and Validation;spans the registration through testing phase, including parallel validation.

Option 2: Validated Data Production; means you are in Full Production and are approved to stop manual reporting.

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Healthcare providers are required to report communicable diseases so that:

  • Outbreaks can be managed
  • More routine trends can be investigated and managed
  • The public can be protected from infection
  • Treatment and education can be provided to impacted populations and providers
  • Preventive measures can be enacted
  • Long-term success efforts can be measured
  • Research into causes and cures can be more exact

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