Contacts
ELR Website Links by Jurisdiction
The lists below provide links to state, city, and county website pages for:
- ELR
- notifiable diseases
- Health Information Exchanges (HIEs)
- localized ELR implementation guides
ELR email contacts for each jurisdiction are also provided.
The following resources from APHL, CSTE, and CDC are useful references:
Contacts
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Connecticut
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Delaware
Contact: dhss_dph_web@state.de.us.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Maryland
Contact: dhmh.mu_ph@maryland.gov and LabsEHR@dhmh.state.md.us.
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Massachusetts
Contact: ELR.CDSupport@state.ma.us.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use theHL7 guide. Massachusetts has a few additional constraints that will be supplied upon request.
New York State
Contact: ELR: ECLRS@health.ny.gov; Meaningful Use: MUPublicHealthHELP@health.ny.gov.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Rhode Island
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia
Alabama
Contact: MU.ELR@ADPH.state.AL.US.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Florida
Contact: DLFDOHReportableLabResultsInquiry@flhealth.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Georgia
Contact: meaningfuluse@dhr.state.ga.us.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Kentucky
Contact: Online Contact Form.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Oklahoma
Contact: MU.ELR@ADPH.state.AL.US.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
South Carolina
Contact: muhelpdesk@dhec.sc.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Tennessee
Contact: CEDS.Informatics@tn.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
West Virginia
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- West Virginia Electronic Laboratory Report (ELR) Implementation Guide [PDF – 6 pages], WVBPH-ELR Fields [Excel – 310 KB] (if prompted, click Cancel to open).
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
Illinois
Contact: dph.ELRResp@illinois.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Indiana
Contact: isdhelrss@isdh.in.gov.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Iowa
Contact: ELR@idph.iowa.gov, Online Contact Form.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
Minnesota
Contact: health.ELRmeaningfuluse@state.mn.us.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
Nebraska
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Ohio
Contact: ELR@odh.ohio.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the ODH Required and Supported Fields.
South Dakota
Contact: Online Contact Form.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
- Implementation Guide
Wisconsin
Contact: ELR@wisconsin.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
Alaska
Contact: hss.hitinfo@alaska.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
California
Contact: ELR@cdph.ca.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Hawaii
Contact: ELRHawaii@doh.hawaii.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Idaho
Contact: PublicHealthMU@dhw.idaho.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Montana
Contact: PublicHealth@mt.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
New Mexico
Contact: nmhit.doh@state.nm.us.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- Contact nmhit.doh@state.nm.us for the New Mexico ELR implementation guide.
Oregon
Contact: elr.project@state.or.us.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- Oregon’s HL7 2.5.1 ELR Implementation Guide [PDF – 31 pages].
Wyoming
Contact: — —.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- N/A.
This section contains links for territories and large local health departments.
American Samoa
Contact: — —.
Public Health Website: https://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/nphii/territory/as.html.
Chicago
Contact: — —.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- — —
District of Columbia
Contact: — —.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- — —
Guam
Contact: Estelle B. Alig (Estelle.Alig@dphss.guam.gov) and Gerard Calvo (gerard.calvo@dphss.guam.gov).
Public Health Website: http://dphss.guam.gov/.
Houston
Contact: — —.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- — —
Los Angeles County
Contact: meaningfuluse@ph.lacounty.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- — —
New York City
Contact: nycelrs@health.nyc.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Philadelphia
Contact: health-epi@phila.gov.
- Websites
- ELR
- — —
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- — —
- ELR
Puerto Rico
Contact: Kyle Ryff (kryff@salud.gov.pr).
Public Health Website: http://www.salud.gov.pr/Pages/Home.aspx.
Virgin Islands
Contact: Esther Ellis (esther.ellis@doh.vi.gov) and Francine Lang (Francine.Lang@doh.vi.gov).
Public Health Website: http://www.healthvi.org/index.html.
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Connecticut
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Delaware
Contact: dhss_dph_web@state.de.us.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Maryland
Contact: dhmh.mu_ph@maryland.gov and LabsEHR@dhmh.state.md.us.
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Massachusetts
Contact: ELR.CDSupport@state.ma.us.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use theHL7 guide. Massachusetts has a few additional constraints that will be supplied upon request.
New York State
Contact: ELR: ECLRS@health.ny.gov; Meaningful Use: MUPublicHealthHELP@health.ny.gov.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Rhode Island
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
Illinois
Contact: dph.ELRResp@illinois.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Indiana
Contact: isdhelrss@isdh.in.gov.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Iowa
Contact: ELR@idph.iowa.gov, Online Contact Form.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
Minnesota
Contact: health.ELRmeaningfuluse@state.mn.us.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
Nebraska
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Ohio
Contact: ELR@odh.ohio.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the ODH Required and Supported Fields.
South Dakota
Contact: Online Contact Form.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
- Implementation Guide
Wisconsin
Contact: ELR@wisconsin.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia
Alabama
Contact: MU.ELR@ADPH.state.AL.US.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Florida
Contact: DLFDOHReportableLabResultsInquiry@flhealth.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Georgia
Contact: meaningfuluse@dhr.state.ga.us.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Kentucky
Contact: Online Contact Form.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Oklahoma
Contact: MU.ELR@ADPH.state.AL.US.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
South Carolina
Contact: muhelpdesk@dhec.sc.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Tennessee
Contact: CEDS.Informatics@tn.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
West Virginia
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- West Virginia Electronic Laboratory Report (ELR) Implementation Guide [PDF – 6 pages], WVBPH-ELR Fields [Excel – 310 KB] (if prompted, click Cancel to open).
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
Alaska
Contact: hss.hitinfo@alaska.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
California
Contact: ELR@cdph.ca.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Hawaii
Contact: ELRHawaii@doh.hawaii.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Idaho
Contact: PublicHealthMU@dhw.idaho.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Montana
Contact: PublicHealth@mt.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
New Mexico
Contact: nmhit.doh@state.nm.us.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- Contact nmhit.doh@state.nm.us for the New Mexico ELR implementation guide.
Oregon
Contact: elr.project@state.or.us.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- Oregon’s HL7 2.5.1 ELR Implementation Guide [PDF – 31 pages].
Wyoming
Contact: — —.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- N/A.
This section contains links for territories and large local health departments.
American Samoa
Contact: — —.
Public Health Website: https://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/nphii/territory/as.html.
Chicago
Contact: — —.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- — —
District of Columbia
Contact: — —.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- — —
Guam
Contact: Estelle B. Alig (Estelle.Alig@dphss.guam.gov) and Gerard Calvo (gerard.calvo@dphss.guam.gov).
Public Health Website: http://dphss.guam.gov/.
Houston
Contact: — —.
- Websites
- ELR
- Notifiable Diseases
- Implementation Guide
- — —
Los Angeles County
Contact: meaningfuluse@ph.lacounty.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- — —
New York City
Contact: nycelrs@health.nyc.gov.
- Websites
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- use the HL7 guide.
Philadelphia
Contact: health-epi@phila.gov.
- Websites
- ELR
- — —
- Notifiable Diseases
- HIE
- — —
- Implementation Guide
- — —
- ELR
Puerto Rico
Contact: Kyle Ryff (kryff@salud.gov.pr).
Public Health Website: http://www.salud.gov.pr/Pages/Home.aspx.
Virgin Islands
Contact: Esther Ellis (esther.ellis@doh.vi.gov) and Francine Lang (Francine.Lang@doh.vi.gov).
Public Health Website: http://www.healthvi.org/index.html.
- Page last reviewed: August 14, 2015
- Page last updated: August 14, 2015
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