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Welcome to New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System.

Implementation Notices
Date Title
Feb 21, 2013 Memo to the Funeral Directors and Physicians
June 19, 2012 Letter to the Funeral Directors
June 19, 2012 Letter to the Local Registrars
March 3, 2011 Mandatory Use Notice to the Local Registrar
March 3, 2011 Mandatory Use Notice to the Funeral Home Administrator
March 3, 2011 Mandatory Use Notice to the Hospice/LTC/Nursing Home Facility Administrator
January 25, 2010 Mandatory Use Notice to the Hospital/Acute Care Facility Administrator
January 25, 2010 Mandatory Use Notice to the Medical Examiner
August 02, 2021 New ICD code introduced for COVID 19 deaths
August 02, 2021 Update fom the New Jersey Medical Examiner Office
August 02, 2021 Memo from the State Funeral Directors Association Concerning COVID 19 Funerals
EDRS EDRS is a secure system that provides a method for electronically registering deaths. It allows medical professionals and funeral homes to create, update and certify death certificates.
Mission

The mission of the EDRS is to provide a seamless state of the art, web-based electronic registration of death records within New Jersey. The benefits include:

  • More efficient and timely processing of death records. As a web application, EDRS is available to anyone with internet access.
  • Higher data accuracy and reporting of required data items. System edits will reduce errors and rejections.
  • Immediate access to revisions in death certificate form. Information on the certificate can be changed at any time prior to local registrar's acceptance of the form.
  • Expedited access to certified copies and data reporting. Can print certified copies from EDRS.
  • Ease in correcting errors. Can key over errors eliminating white-outs and cross-outs.

Data exchange/integration with government agencies, e.g. Social Security Administration (SSA). Interfaces with SSA to validate SSNs and sends file of fact of death to SSA.
EDRS Training

Hospitals, Hospices, LTC facilities
Please refer to the online tutorials by clicking on the Help link found in the footer of the website. Note that you must be logged in to access them.

Local Registrars
Please contact Vincent Caffarello, at Vincent.Caffarello@doh.nj.gov.
You may also utilize the online tutorials by clicking on the Help link found in the footer of the website. Note that you must be logged in to access them.

Funeral Homes and Funeral Directors
Please contact NJSFDA Manager of the Day at 1-800-734-3712, by email to njsfda@njsfda.org, or by fax to (732) 974-8144.

Current Version Please refer to the What's New topic found in the Help material to see release notes on the current version of EDRS. Note that you must be logged in to access them.