Pennsylvania's Department of Health requires health care practitioners and facilities to report diseases and conditions listed under 28 Pa. Code Chapter 27 electronically, through PA-NEDSS, its mandatory disease reporting application. The system replaced the card and form-based methods clinicians once used, accepts reports around the clock, and lets the Department pass findings on to CDC.
The health care practitioner or facility that diagnoses or suspects the condition enters the whole case report online. Laboratories report results separately through electronic laboratory reporting (PA-ELR).
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Pennsylvania National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (PA-NEDSS) provider disease report
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Yes. The Department of Health describes PA-NEDSS as the mandatory electronic disease reporting application for Pennsylvania. It replaced card and form-based reporting, so clinicians and facilities enter reportable disease cases online rather than mailing or faxing a paper case report to the state.
Most conditions are due within 5 work days. Conditions marked for urgent reporting on the Pennsylvania reportable disease list, including animal bites, anthrax, botulism, measles, rabies and typhoid, are due within 24 hours. Cancer cases have 180 days.
Yes. Animal bites are on the Pennsylvania reportable disease list and are due within 24 hours through PA-NEDSS, the same system used for infectious diseases. Patients living in a county or municipality with its own health department may fall under local reporting arrangements as well.