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Towards Interoperability for Public Health Surveillance: Experiences from Two States

Towards Interoperability for Public Health Surveillance: Experiences from Two States

Towards Interoperability for Public Health Surveillance: Experiences from Two States

Authors of this article:

Brian E. Dixon1 ;   Jason A. Siegel2 ;   Tanya V. Oemig2 ;   Shaun J. Grannis3
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    To characterize the use of standardized vocabularies in real-world electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) messages sent to public health agencies for notifiable disease surveillance, ELR messages from two states were analyzed. Less than 20% of incoming messages contained any form of standardized vocabulary, indicating that semantic interoperability remains a challenge.