How long does it take to enter a disease report into PA-NEDSS?
A laboratory user may take less than five minutes to enter a disease report into PA-NEDSS for a new patient. Since physicians and hospitals have access to additional information, such as patient’s symptoms, treatments, or risk factors, the time to complete a full report will be longer. One note to consider is that information provided up-front should reduce the time it would take to respond to phone inquiries from a public health investigator.
