Merging statewide data in a public/university collaboration to address opioid use disorder and overdose.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Describe methods to compile a unified database from disparate state agency datasets linking person-level data on controlled substance prescribing, overdose, and treatment for opioid use disorder in Connecticut.

Methods

A multidisciplinary team of university, state and federal agency experts planned steps to build the data analytic system: stakeholder engagement, articulation of metrics, funding to establish the system, determination of needed data, accessing data and merging, and matching patient-level data.

Results

Stakeholder meetings occurred over a 6-month period driving selection of metrics and funding was obtained through a grant from the Food and Drug Administration. Through multi-stakeholder collaborations and memoranda of understanding, we identifie

SUBMITTER: Becker WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780404 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature