Electronic Case Reporting Tool for C-CDA Transformation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current manual reporting methods for infectious diseases by healthcare providers to public health agencies are time-consuming, burdensome, and prone to oversight, leading to delayed reporting and ineffective disease outbreak management.
Innovation Solution
An electronic case reporting system that converts Continuity of Care Documents (CCD) into Electronic Initial Case Reports (eICR) using a Consolidated-Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) standard, enabling automated generation and transmission of reportable conditions from electronic health records to public health agencies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual reporting methods are used by healthcare providers, then reporting can be performed with simple systems, but reporting is time-consuming and prone to oversight
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically extracting reportable conditions from EHR data and generating case reports without requiring manual intervention from healthcare providers. The automated transformation of CCD to eICR formats allows the system to serve itself in completing the reporting workflow.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical reporting processes with automated electronic transformation. The conversion tool substitutes human manual effort with automated data processing, transforming clinical documents into public health case reports through systematic electronic conversion rather than manual completion.
2Reliability
If automated document transformation is implemented, then reporting speed and accuracy improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transformation tool achieves universality by handling multiple C-CDA document types (CCD, patient care documents) and converting them to various public health report formats (eICR, case reports). This multi-functional capability allows a single system to address diverse reporting requirements, reducing the need for multiple specialized tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary transformation tool that bridges EHR systems and public health reporting systems. This mediator component translates between different data formats and standards, enabling communication between systems that would otherwise be incompatible, thereby improving reliability without requiring direct integration between EHR and public health systems.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive patient information is extracted and transformed, then reporting completeness improves, but data processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-extracting and structuring relevant patient information from EHR documents during the transformation process. By identifying and organizing reportable condition data in advance, the system prepares comprehensive reports ready for immediate submission, reducing last-minute processing requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The transformation tool applies extraction by selectively removing and isolating specific reportable condition information from comprehensive EHR documents. This targeted extraction of necessary data elements (patient demographics, diagnosis, treatment) separates essential reporting information from unrelated clinical data, ensuring completeness while optimizing processing efficiency.
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AI summary
A method of electronically reporting a reportable condition includes receiving a first document associated with a first type of a Consolidated-Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) standard. The first document includes patient information associated with a patient treated by a healthcare provider (HCP). The method also includes parsing the first document into a plurality of patient information fields and determining whether any of the plurality of patient information fields in the parsed first document include a reportable condition. When at least one patient information field of the plurality of patient information fields includes the reportable condition, the method also includes generating a second document associated with a second type of the C-CDA standard and including the reportable condition.