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Fact Sheet: Overdose Reporting Requirements
Content Type: References
This Fact Sheet, created by the Network for Public Health Law in May 2017 and updated as of December 6, 2017, provides a snapshot of current and proposed laws, regulations, and sub-regulatory sources governing mandatory disease reporting… read more -
Electronic Syndromic Surveillance Using Hospital Inpatient and Ambulatory Clinical Care electronic Health Record Data: Recommendations from the ISDS Meaningful Use Workgroup
Content Type: Recommendation
Recommendations from the ISDS Meaningful Use Workgroup. -
Medication Refill - Idaho Division of Public Health
Content Type: Syndrome
The attached query was developed to track medication refill encounters in emergency departments in ESSENCE during evacuations or extended mass gathering events. The query was initially developed for use with the chief complaint, triage note, and… read more -
Hypothermia/Cold Exposure - Idaho Division of Public Health
Content Type: Syndrome
This query is used to assess trends in hypothermia or cold exposure in emergency department visits in ESSENCE. The query captures cold exposure, hypothermia, and frost bite using chief complaint, triage note, and discharge diagnosis code (ICD-… read more -
Issue Brief: Mandatory Drug Stewardship Programs
Content Type: References
Unused, expired and leftover medicines that accumulate in homes represent a significant public health problem by increasing the risk of drug misuse and preventable poisonings. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nearly 75% … read more -
Issue Brief: New Federal Paradigm in Marijuana Legalization
Content Type: References
Conflicting activities related to marijuana at state and federal levels raise questions as to whether a new federal/state legal relationship concerning marijuana legalization is forthcoming. The Network for Public Health Law has been tracking… read more -
Issue Brief: Fatal Overdose Review Panels – Overview of Laws in Six States
Content Type: References
The overdose crisis continues unabated. While the epidemic was originally fueled largely by prescription opioid pain relievers, around 2010 a dramatic increase in heroin-related overdoses began. After remaining essentially stable for years, overdose… read more -
Defining Public Health Situation Awareness - Outcomes and Metrics for Evaluation
Content Type: Abstract
A decade ago, the primary objective of syndromic surveillance was bioterrorism and outbreak early event detection (EED. Syndromic systems for EED focused on rapid, automated data collection, processing and statistical anomaly detection of indicators… read more