Biosurveillance of Drug Overdoses and Substance Misuse Treated in Selected Emergency Departments in Minnesota, 2017-2020.

Terra WiensElisabeth BildenStefan SaraviaJason PetersonMatthew WogenKaila HansonRoon MakhtalNate WrightJon RoeslerRuth Lynfield

Published in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2021)

ED surveillance for DOSM encounters, enhanced by toxicology testing, can provide local situational awareness on overdoses, prevent potential mischaracterization of the true drug overdose epidemic, and inform harm reduction and drug overdose prevention efforts.

Keyphrases

emergency department
public health
adverse drug
chronic pain
drug induced
quality improvement
climate change
human health