Alliance of Local Oregon Epidemiologist + Neighbors (ALOE+)

Mission Statement: Our mission is to connect and empower local health department epidemiologists and analysts across all disciplines in Oregon and our partners in neighboring states and tribes, utilizing collaboration to give a unified voice to local needs and enhance the exchange of information, ideas, and expertise.
Taylor Pinsent (she/her), CSTE ✅ Basecamp update and close out notification — Hello all, this is a CSTE hosted basecamp account so I wanted to let you know that CSTE has shifted to a new online platform called CSTE connect. If this group still meets, I would be happy to set up a community within CSTE connect (since I am a CSTE staff member now). I followed up with Molly ab... 3
Molly Mew, Population Health Epidemiologist at Clackamas County Update Mailing List — Hello ALOE+! Apologies again for the confusion last week. The planning team is re-organizing how we do meetings so we don't have hiccups again. From now on, we will be sending calendar invites directly to your email! Hooray! Much easier. But in order to do that, we need to have your emails. We a... 5
Molly Mew, Population Health Epidemiologist at Clackamas County Teams Drama — Hi everyone! So sorry for the confusion today. Clackamas recently lost our Zoom license and switched to Teams, but our Teams license won't let us operate meetings with outside organizations. Consider this meeting canceled and we will set up something else another day in the near future. Apologie...
Molly Mew, Population Health Epidemiologist at Clackamas County Meeting: Sept. 14, 2022 @ 12 - 1pm — Let me know if receiving this invite over Basecamp was incredibly inconvenient for you all. Still figuring out the best way to send calendar invites. Cheers, Molly ________________________________________________________________________________  Microsoft Teams meeting  Join on your computer or ... 1
Molly Mew, Population Health Epidemiologist at Clackamas County ALOE+ Planning Update — Hello ALOE+ members!   The planning team has developed a meeting structure for this group moving forward that we would love your feedback on! Our vision is for each ALOE+ meeting to focus on a cross-cutting topic that will apply to all types of epidemiology as well as be a space for epis/research... 5
Brian Leon Bad Data on Prescribing and Overdose Data Dashboard — Just wanted to give you all a heads-up about a problem I stumbled on a few weeks back. Unfortunately it still hasn't been addressed so now I'm worried that people might be using bad data from this dashboard (the link to the dashboard is here). If you or anyone you work with is using it, you shoul... 5
Molly Mew, Population Health Epidemiologist at Clackamas County 2020 Census Under/Overcounts Meeting — Hi all! Dr. Ethan Sharygin, Director of PSU's Population Research Center, and Dr. Marjorie McGee, REALD specialist at OHA, have agreed to come talk to us about the implications of the 2020 Census over/undercounts of various demographics. This meeting will be at 11am on May 9th and I will send out... 5
Taylor PINSENT, Modernization Epidemiologist at Multnomah County 👍 Next meeting in the works! — Hi all, Russ (multco) brought up the idea of discussing the implication of the 2020 Census over/undercounts on various demographics as a topic for this group. I reached out to Dr. Marjorie Mcgee at OHA and they recommended having Ethan (PSU PRC) present on the topic. Additionally, it sounds like ...
Peter Banwarth, Epidemiologist at Benton/Linn/Lincoln ESSENCE query for overdose — Hi ALOEs, Does anyone have a query they use for overdose ED visits? Any assistance would be appreciated! Peter 8
Taylor PINSENT, Modernization Epidemiologist at Multnomah County 💪 Next meeting, March 15, 2022 @2pm — ALOE+ meeting Tuesday, March 15 · 2:00 – 2:50pm Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/jch-xbnx-mwd Or dial: ‪(US) +1 617-675-4444‬ PIN: ‪417 316 309 0768‬# More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/jch-xbnx-mwd?pin=4173163090768
Marie Boman-Davis, PhD, MPH, MCHES (she/her), Data Analyst Supervisor at Washington County Work Group Meetings - User Guide & XML — Dear Colleagues,  On February 10th the Data Dictionary Workgroup created two smaller work groups.  1. The “User Guide Work Group” will meet on Wednesday, February 17th from 3:00-4:30pm to discuss an Opera User Guide.  2. The “XML Work Group” will meet on Thursday, February 18th from 1:00-2:30pm ... 1
Kathleen Rees, CD Epidemiologist at Washington Data Dictionary Workgroup — We have scheduled a time this Thursday, February 4, to start discussing the state data dictionary. The meeting is from 11-12:20pm.    If you are interested in attending, please email Taylor Pinsent or Kathleen Rees for the invite. The invite has been sent to those who expressed interest in the w... 1
Taylor PINSENT, Modernization Epidemiologist at Multnomah County 👍 1.26.21 Agenda — Hi ALOE,     For our meeting today, we plan to cover the following with the OHA informatics team and other OHA staff: 1. Intro to the informatics team at OHA – Who is the team? What are the roles? 2. Overview of how Opera is built and why Opera has been struggling 3. Plans for Opera moving forwar...
Taylor PINSENT, Modernization Epidemiologist at Multnomah County OHA will do a more technical data flow review of Orpheus TODAY on the training webinar — ​re: ​  topic will be a technical data flow review session.  Just wanted to make sure all saw this note from OHA. I think there are a lot of newer users of Orpheus/Opera and this would be a good meeting to ask questions about the person centric relational database. Below are the links to regis... 1
Sarah Kalivoda Mannion, Region 7 Epidemiologist at Crook 📈 Data Dictionary — Data dictionary information can be used to document data structure details, communicate common vocabulary and definitions, and help users collect data and create reports. Ultimately, creating a data dictionary will ensure that the meaning, relevance, and quality of the data are the same for all. ... 5
Taylor PINSENT, Modernization Epidemiologist at Multnomah County 💪 COVID-19 Alliance — Hi everyone, now is the time to really use this group as a collective state-wide epi voice. Things have been moving really fast and everyone has been extremely busy. I am wondering if we should set up a COVID-19 specific meeting to talk through issues or concerns that have been identified to see ... 8
Taylor PINSENT, Modernization Epidemiologist at Multnomah County About this group... — Official name: Alliance of Local Oregon Epidemiologists and Neighbors (ALOE+)   Mission Statement: Our mission is to connect and empower local health department epidemiologists and analysts across all disciplines in Oregon and our partners in neighboring states and tribes, utilizing collaboration...
Taylor PINSENT, Modernization Epidemiologist at Multnomah County 📈 Kicking off this project — Hey all! I thought this would be a great platform to organize our charter work as well as a place to keep our contact list up-to-date. Looking forward to getting started on our project. Work group members include; Kathleen, Kim Repp, Andrea, Gerald,  Rachel, and Russ. We'll keep all the to-dos,... 1