Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) is the automated generation and transmission of public health case reports directly from an electronic health record system (EHR) to a disease surveillance system of a public health agency for review and action.
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) currently accepts electronic case reports (eCRs) for the following reportable diseases and conditions:
- Acanthamoeba Infection
- Anthrax
- Balamuthia mandrillaris Disease
- Blastomycosis
- Botulism
- Botulism, Infant
- Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
- COVID-19
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
- Giardiasis
- Hansen's Disease
- Hepatitis D Virus Infection
- Hepatitis E Virus Infection
- Hepatitis G Virus Infection
- Histoplasmosis
- Influenza-associated pediatric mortality
- Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Legionellosis
- Malaria
- Meningococcal Disease
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
- Mpox (formerly Monkeypox)
- Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
- Novel Influenza A Virus Infection
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Strongyloidiasis
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF)
MDH will continue expanding the number of
reportable diseases and conditions for which hospitals and providers will be able to submit eCRs. Please check this page for updates.