A Mortality Surveillance Collaboration Between a Health System and Public Health Department

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2023.307335

. 2023 Sep;113(9):943-946.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307335. Epub 2023 Jul 6.

A Mortality Surveillance Collaboration Between a Health System and Public Health Department

Scott A Simpson¹, Ryan Loh¹, Laura Elliott¹, Rachel Everhart¹, Conlin Bass¹, Kirk Bol¹, Steve Boylls¹, Laura Podewils¹

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¹ Scott Simpson, Ryan Loh, Laura Elliott, Rachel Everhart, and Laura Podewils are with the Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO. Conlin Bass, Kirk Bol, and Steve Boylls are with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver.

PMID: 37410981
PMCID: PMC10413737
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307335

A Mortality Surveillance Collaboration Between a Health System and Public Health Department

Scott A Simpson et al. Am J Public Health. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;113(9):943-946.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307335. Epub 2023 Jul 6.

Authors

Scott A Simpson¹, Ryan Loh¹, Laura Elliott¹, Rachel Everhart¹, Conlin Bass¹, Kirk Bol¹, Steve Boylls¹, Laura Podewils¹

Affiliation

¹ Scott Simpson, Ryan Loh, Laura Elliott, Rachel Everhart, and Laura Podewils are with the Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO. Conlin Bass, Kirk Bol, and Steve Boylls are with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver.

PMID: 37410981
PMCID: PMC10413737
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307335

Abstract

We describe a collaboration between a health system and public health department to create a mortality surveillance system. The collaboration enabled the health system to identify more than six times the number of deaths identified through local system medical records alone. This powerful epidemiological process, combining the nuanced data captured through clinical care in health systems with subsequent data on mortality, drives quality improvement, scientific research, and epidemiology that can be of particular benefit to underserved communities. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(9):943-946. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307335).

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1. Simpson SA, Goans C, Loh R, Ryall K, Middleton MCA, Dalton A. Suicidal ideation is insensitive to suicide risk after emergency department discharge: performance characteristics of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Screener. Acad Emerg Med. 2021;28(6):621–629. doi: 10.1111/acem.14198. - DOI - PubMed
1. Simpson SA, Goans CRR, Loh RM, Ryall KA, Middleton M, Dalton A. Use of an agitation measure to screen for suicide and self-harm risk among emergency department patients. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2023;64(1):3–12. doi: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.07.004. - DOI - PubMed
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1. Conway RBN, Armistead MG, Denney MJ, Smith GS. Validating the matching of patients in the linkage of a large hospital system’s EHR with state and national death databases. Appl Clin Inform. 2021;12(1):82–89. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1722220. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Simpson SA, Loh RM, Goans CRR. New data on suicide risk assessment in the emergency department reveal the need for new approaches in research and clinical practice. Psychol Med. 2023;53(3):1122–1123. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721001653. - DOI - PubMed

[2] Simpson SA, Loh RM, Goans CRR. New data on suicide risk assessment in the emergency department reveal the need for new approaches in research and clinical practice. Psychol Med. 2023;53(3):1122–1123. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721001653. - DOI - PubMed

[3] Simpson SA, Goans C, Loh R, Ryall K, Middleton MCA, Dalton A. Suicidal ideation is insensitive to suicide risk after emergency department discharge: performance characteristics of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Screener. Acad Emerg Med. 2021;28(6):621–629. doi: 10.1111/acem.14198. - DOI - PubMed

[4] Simpson SA, Goans C, Loh R, Ryall K, Middleton MCA, Dalton A. Suicidal ideation is insensitive to suicide risk after emergency department discharge: performance characteristics of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Screener. Acad Emerg Med. 2021;28(6):621–629. doi: 10.1111/acem.14198. - DOI - PubMed

[5] Simpson SA, Goans CRR, Loh RM, Ryall KA, Middleton M, Dalton A. Use of an agitation measure to screen for suicide and self-harm risk among emergency department patients. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2023;64(1):3–12. doi: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.07.004. - DOI - PubMed

[6] Simpson SA, Goans CRR, Loh RM, Ryall KA, Middleton M, Dalton A. Use of an agitation measure to screen for suicide and self-harm risk among emergency department patients. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2023;64(1):3–12. doi: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.07.004. - DOI - PubMed

[7] Education Development Center. Zero suicide. Available. 2023. https://zerosuicide.edc.org

[8] Education Development Center. Zero suicide. Available. 2023. https://zerosuicide.edc.org

[9] Conway RBN, Armistead MG, Denney MJ, Smith GS. Validating the matching of patients in the linkage of a large hospital system’s EHR with state and national death databases. Appl Clin Inform. 2021;12(1):82–89. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1722220. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Conway RBN, Armistead MG, Denney MJ, Smith GS. Validating the matching of patients in the linkage of a large hospital system’s EHR with state and national death databases. Appl Clin Inform. 2021;12(1):82–89. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1722220. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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