Indiana department of health overdose 2 data action project - indiana department of health (idoh) project abstract summary overdose data to action in states (CDC-RFA-CE-23-0002) the indiana department…

Indiana department of health overdose 2 data action project - indiana department of health (idoh) project abstract summary overdose data to action in states (CDC-RFA-CE-23-0002) the indiana department of health (idoh) is requesting funds to undertake multiple strategies that leverage high quality, comprehensive, and timelier data surveillance to drive state and local drug overdose prevention efforts. Idoh plans to execute the following activities: 1) improve and enhance overall capacity through hiring FTE surveillance staff, purchasing analysis software, maintaining or creating data dashboards, and enhancing/modernizing the idoh lab. 2) collect and disseminate timely data on suspected overdoses from emergency departments and hospital admissions that occur in indiana. 3) collect data on uudo from 01/2023 - 12/2027 through sudors that occur in indiana. Indiana will also participate in the sudors optional component to collect preliminary opioid OD death counts within a month of the decedent's date of death from a subset of interested high-burden counties. 4) collect and analyze leftover specimens from patients presenting to the ED with a suspected, non-fatal OD at partner hospitals. 5) linking fatal overdose (OD) data, nonfatal OD data, criminal justice data, and prescription drug monitoring program (pdmp) data through a partnership between idoh and the state of indiana - management performance hub. 6) educate clinicians on opioid prescribing practices; train clinicians on SUD screening, diagnosis, and linkage to care; and build health system capacity to connect patients with SUD care and recovery resources. 7) expand pdmp data sharing, implement universal pdmp use among clinicians and delegates, improve pdmp reporting timeliness, disseminate proactive pdmp reports to clinicians, and ensure pdmp ease of use. 8) train and educate first responders, physicians, and peer health educators on SUD-related strategies to increase linkages to treatment or services. 9) continued maintenance of a naloxone dispensation registry and locator (optin) to connect the general public to naloxone and treatment resources; provide scholarships for cprc training and certification process, with a focus on harm reduction; implementation of two virtual naloxone education presentations. 10) expansion of the beyond substance podcast and local infrastructure to improve linkage to care for suds, community-level implementation of overdose awareness campaigns, and expansion of sofr programs across the state.