title: Assessment of the burden of mandatory reporting of health care-associated infection using the National Healthcare Safety Network in Massachusetts.
abstract: An online survey was sent to 73 facilities in December 2010 to assess the time commitment, staff involvement, and methods used in reporting health care-associated infection (HAI) events through the National Healthcare Safety Network in Massachusetts. Of the 65 respondents, 45% reported electronically importing at least a portion of their data. Facilities that reported using electronic import spent fewer hours per week on data collection and entry than those performing manual data entry. Although not all facilities found electronic import easy to use, nearly all found it to be helpful. Allocating financial and information technology resources to allow for electronic import may ease the burden of HAI reporting to the National Healthcare Safety Network.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Infectious Disease, The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, USA. johanna.vostok@state.ma.us
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vostok
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lapsley
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McElroy
authors.forename: Shauna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onofrey
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McHale
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeMaria
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D020407:Internet; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires