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

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ID11029307
AuthorsScott A Simpson (0000-0002-4759-1595, 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.), Ryan Loh (0000-0002-8649-0826, 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.), Laura Elliott (0000-0002-0826-142X, 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.), Rachel Everhart (0000-0003-4899-9768, 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.), Conlin Bass (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.), Kirk Bol (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.), Kirk A Bol (0000-0002-9208-6424, Health and Hospital Corporation), Steve Boylls (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.), Laura Podewils (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.), Laura Jean Podewils (0000-0002-0644-0993, Health and Hospital Corporation)
Year2023
Volume113
Issue9
Pages943-946
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2023.307335
PMID37410981
OpenAlexW4383481161
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

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 )

Environmental health · Health care · Health department · Medical emergency · Medical record · Pathology · Political science · Public health · Public health surveillance · Epidemiology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health Policies and Education · Gerontology

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