Abstract
BACKGROUND
In the wake of the ongoing and evolving opioid epidemic, opioid overdose surveillance systems are being implemented across a variety of health settings to better understand, monitor, and respond to the opioid crisis. Some of these surveillance systems have been implemented on a national level such as the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention's State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) and the Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE) system. With these systems, states provide data to the CDC and the CDC provides downloadable data sets and public dashboards.Often this data is presented on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024). Other opioid surveillance systems have been implemented at local levels, such as the state level, and integrate a variety of data sources to create web-based dashboards available for stakeholder use. For example, Michigan developed the system for opioid overdose surveillance (SOS) which integrates suspected fatal overdose data from Medical Examiners (MEs), and suspected non-fatal overdoses (proxied by naloxone administration) from the Michigan Emergency Medical Services (EMS) (Goldstick et al, 2021). Similarly, North Carolina's Opioid and Substance Use Action Plan Data Dashboard tracks drug overdose deaths and drug overdose emergency department visits. It has expanded in scope and nature to track polysubstance use and metrics associated with treatment, recovery, and harm reduction(Fliss et al, 2023). To-date, no review has been conducted to fully understand to what extent opioid surveillance systems have been implemented and expanded in the United States and to what extent these systems have been evaluated.
METHODS
A medical librarian will conduct a systematic search in conjunction with the researchers on the topic of overdose dashboards and surveillance. The systematic search will include 6 databases: PubMed (PubMed.gov), Embase (Elsevier, embase.com), CINAHL Complete and APAPsycInfo (EBSCOhost), Web of Science Core Collection and the Dissertations & Theses index (Clarivate), and Google Scholar. Gray literature will be sourced from the Web of Science indices via the librarian, and the researchers will independently find and report gray literature via government and public health agency websites.
CONCLUSION
As the opioid epidemic continues to evolve and public health officials are looking for innovative ways to inform public health action, it is critical to understand what opioid overdose dashboards and surveillance systems have been created to-date. Furthermore, it is important to highlight lessons learned from the development and implementation of these systems in terms of usability and functionality.
In the wake of the ongoing and evolving opioid epidemic, opioid overdose surveillance systems are being implemented across a variety of health settings to better understand, monitor, and respond to the opioid crisis. Some of these surveillance systems have been implemented on a national level such as the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention's State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) and the Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE) system. With these systems, states provide data to the CDC and the CDC provides downloadable data sets and public dashboards.Often this data is presented on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024). Other opioid surveillance systems have been implemented at local levels, such as the state level, and integrate a variety of data sources to create web-based dashboards available for stakeholder use. For example, Michigan developed the system for opioid overdose surveillance (SOS) which integrates suspected fatal overdose data from Medical Examiners (MEs), and suspected non-fatal overdoses (proxied by naloxone administration) from the Michigan Emergency Medical Services (EMS) (Goldstick et al, 2021). Similarly, North Carolina's Opioid and Substance Use Action Plan Data Dashboard tracks drug overdose deaths and drug overdose emergency department visits. It has expanded in scope and nature to track polysubstance use and metrics associated with treatment, recovery, and harm reduction(Fliss et al, 2023). To-date, no review has been conducted to fully understand to what extent opioid surveillance systems have been implemented and expanded in the United States and to what extent these systems have been evaluated.
METHODS
A medical librarian will conduct a systematic search in conjunction with the researchers on the topic of overdose dashboards and surveillance. The systematic search will include 6 databases: PubMed (PubMed.gov), Embase (Elsevier, embase.com), CINAHL Complete and APAPsycInfo (EBSCOhost), Web of Science Core Collection and the Dissertations & Theses index (Clarivate), and Google Scholar. Gray literature will be sourced from the Web of Science indices via the librarian, and the researchers will independently find and report gray literature via government and public health agency websites.
CONCLUSION
As the opioid epidemic continues to evolve and public health officials are looking for innovative ways to inform public health action, it is critical to understand what opioid overdose dashboards and surveillance systems have been created to-date. Furthermore, it is important to highlight lessons learned from the development and implementation of these systems in terms of usability and functionality.
| Original language | American English |
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| Type | Scoping Review Protocol |
| State | Published - Oct 25 2024 |
