Designing a Substance Misuse Data Dashboard for Overdose Fatality Review Teams: User-Centered Design Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overdose fatality review (OFR) is a public health process in which cases of fatal overdose are carefully reviewed to identify prevention strategies. Current OFR requires review of multiple unconnected data sources, which is a manually intensive process. The Substance Misuse Data Commons (SMDC) was created to link electronic health record data with data from local and state agencies into a single, cloud-based e-platform but does not currently have a data visualization tool.

Objective

We aimed to use human factors design principles to develop a comprehensive dashboard for the SMDC that could facilitate enhanced processes to support OFR.

Methods

We first surveyed OFR leaders in Wisconsin using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index t

SUBMITTER: Pisani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12806594 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature