Evaluation of disease information reporting quality based on automatic collection mode of regional information platform in Zhejiang

ObjectiveTo analyze the status of communicable disease reporting based on automatic collection mode of regional information platform in Zhejiang, and evaluate its influence on reporting quality.

MethodsThe information about communicable disease reporting cards were collected from National Notifiable Infectious Diseases Reporting System. Descriptive epidemiology method was used to analyze the reporting quality of notifiable communicable diseases with Excel 2013 and R 3.6.1. Comparison of reporting time was performed by Wilcoxon-test.

ResultsThe data automatic exchange between hospital information system (HIS) and National Notifiable Infectious Diseases Reporting System started in 2017 in Zhejiang, based on the national-provincial-city three-level public health information platform. By the end of 2018, 67.42% of medical institutions had achieved data automatic exchange. The reporting quality had been significantly improved, such as the overall reporting rate, the completeness and accuracy of reporting cards, the concordance rate of electronic reporting, and the completeness of ID card filling. At the end of 2018, the average reporting time (8.54 h) and card verifying time (2.39 h) were significantly shorter than those in 2016 (9.17 h, 2.46 h).

ConclusionThe automatic collection mode of regional public health information platform can improve the quality and timeliness of communicable disease reporting, and its development needs to be strengthened in the future. At present, obvious differences in the development of automatic data exchange of communicable information exist among different areas in Zhejiang, it is necessary to promote its balanced development. The improvement of the system in medical institutions at provincial level is the key in next stage.