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Electronic Case Reporting (eCR)

​​​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:

  1. Acanthamoeba Infection
  2. Anthrax
  3. Balamuthia mandrillaris Disease
  4. Blastomycosis
  5. Botulism
  6. Botulism, Infant
  7. Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
  8. COVID-19​
  9. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
  10. Giardiasis
  11. Hansen's Disease
  12. Hepatitis D Virus Infection
  13. Hepatitis E Virus Infection
  14. Hepatitis G Virus Infection
  15. Histoplasmosis
  16. Influenza-associated pediatric mortality
  17. Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Disease
  18. Kawasaki Disease
  19. Legionellosis
  20. Malaria
  21. Meningococcal Disease
  22. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
  23. Mpox (formerly Monkeypox)​
  24. Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
  25. ​​Novel Influenza A Virus Infection
  26. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)​
  27. Strongyloidiasis
  28. 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.

  Sending eCRs to MDH

​​Additional questions? Please contact the MDH eCR Team at: mdh.ecr@maryland.gov​​​​

​​​​​Last updated March 21, 2024