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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/94921, first published .
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Using Electronic Health Records to Enhance Lyme Disease Surveillance: Protocol for the SubLyme Network

Using Electronic Health Records to Enhance Lyme Disease Surveillance: Protocol for the SubLyme Network

Annemarie G Hirsch   1 , PhD, MPH ;   Brian S Schwartz   1, 2 , MD, MS ;   Melissa N Poulsen   1 , PhD, MPH ;   Anna M Schotthoefer   3 , PhD ;   Maria E Sundaram   4 , PhD, MSPH ;   Jacob E Lemieux   5 , MD, PhD ;   Linden T Hu   6 , MD ;   Robert P Smith   7 , MD ;   Alexandra M Linz   3 , PhD ;   Steph Battan-Wraith   8 , PhD, MSPH ;   Patrick K Mitchell   8 , SD, SM ;   Cassandra A Hathaway   8 , PhD, MPH ;   Jonathan S Pollak   2 , MA ;   Cara M Nordberg   1 , MPH ;   Veronica Burkel   9 , MPH ;   Courtney C Nawrocki Luskin   9 , MPH ;   Kiersten J Kugeler   9 , PhD, MPH ;   Alison F Hinckley   9 , PhD ;   Sarah A Hook   9 , PhD, MA

1 Department of Population Health Sciences, Geisinger, Danville, PA, United States

2 Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

3 Integrated Research and Development Laboratory, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI, United States

4 Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI, United States

5 Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

6 Tufts School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States

7 MaineHealth Institute for Research, Portland, ME, United States

8 Westat, Rockville, MD, United States

9 Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Annemarie G Hirsch, PhD, MPH
  • Department of Population Health Sciences
  • Geisinger
  • 100 N. Academy Avenue
  • Danville, PA
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 267 626 8110
  • Email: aghirsch@geisinger.edu