CDC To Launch Clinical Reporting App For COVID-19 In May

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to automate the generation and transmission of COVID-19 case reports to deliver electronic health record (EHR) data directly to public health agencies. For provider organizations that don't have EHRs with the ability to electronically send case reports, CDC is creating a FHIR-based app to connect COVID-19 electronic case reporting (eCR) to existing health IT infrastructure to confirm cases and route the data to appropriate end users.

The goal is to give public health officials a more accurate, timely picture of the pandemic. The initial version of . . .