OD2A Innovative Surveillance CoP Workgroup Resource Repository

ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE In partnership with the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) hosts this community of practice among OD2A-funded jurisdictions currently conducting innovative surveillance projects. This OD2A Innovative Surveillance Community of Practice consists of 3 focused workgroups that provide a forum for peer discussion on cross-cutting topics, methods, and challenges/solutions across jurisdictions. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ USING THIS BASECAMP + This Basecamp is a tool that houses previous call slides/recordings and allows members to engage with peers. + The Q/A section may be used to facilitate connections/discussion among members. Engagement could include posting new questions/discussion topics or replying to peer questions/discussions. + Members are encouraged to share helpful resources for peers. Members may post any publicly available resource in this space. Please do not share any proprietary information or upload private documents. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONTACT US Email staff lead, Danielle Boyd (overdose@cste.org) if you have questions about the Innovative Surveillance CoP or about this basecamp site for the group. Join the Innovative Surveillance CoP Listserve HERE: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/4a5b9c8d52294a67ae920fca78c6c111
Danielle Boyd, Program Analyst at CSTE Trends and Characteristics of Buprenorphine-Involved Overdose Deaths Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — At the start of the year, CDC NCIPC published the paper Trends and Characteristics of Buprenorphine-Involved Overdose Deaths Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic looking at how buprenorphine-involved overdose death trends changed under expanded access and prescribing flexibilities during the...
Danielle Boyd, Program Analyst at CSTE **New Overdose Mortality Data Available** — CDC has now released final overdose mortality data for 2021. For a high-level snapshot of drug overdose statistics in 2021, you can refer to this data brief published by our colleagues at NCHS. For those who want to dive further into the data, it is now available to query in CDC WONDER.
Danielle Boyd, Program Analyst at CSTE New Overdose Indicator Toolkit — The CDC Foundation is seeking feedback from state, county, city, regional and district health departments to inform the selection of overdose prevention performance indicators for a national web-based toolkit. This toolkit will include: (1) a set of indicators and data reporting fields to help he...
Danielle Boyd, Program Analyst at CSTE Proposed Revisions to Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (42 CFR Part 2) — Members, I wanted to make you aware of proposed rule from HHS related to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records, or 42 CFR Part 2. The proposed revisions are intended to bring Part 2 into better alignment with HIPAA, improve patient care coordination, and strengthen patien... 1
Christina Galardi Emerging Substances — Has anyone created a syndrome/case definition for either hospital or EMS data for xylazine? We have anecdotally heard increases in this substance but are not able to use SUDORS/mortality data past 2020 at this time and do not have a centralized lab database, which might be our best sources, so we... 3
Ron Prince SDOH data at census tract level? — Is there an agreed-upon approach to looking at SDOH in connection with overdoses? And if so, a source for census tract level data? Thanks for any info or suggestions! 5
Sarah Scott SUD Treatment Reporting Question — Publicly-funded SUD treatment providers report unique, individualized treatment admissions and discharges to state agencies, which then standardize and submit Treatment Episode Data sets to SAMHSA.  1. In your state, which agency collects the treatment episode data from the treatment providers? W...
Sarah Scott Indicators Project | Data Flow Diagram Debrief — 1. How does you program define linkage to care?  2. Does your program track referral and linkage to social, behavioral, or other support services, such as housing, employment, or harm reduction services?  3. What activity or transaction from your program is missing from the Substance Use Disorder... 3