Q&A
Database systems for tracking and analyzing program data
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Council Member Linda Lee inquires about the database systems used for tracking and analyzing program data while respecting patient privacy. Dr. Rebecca Linn-Walton explains their approach to data collection, analysis, and collaboration.
- DOHMH relies on program-level data rather than client-level data to protect privacy
- They have a database of program data that can be combined with other data sources
- A dedicated data team at the health department analyzes and combines various data sources
- They collaborate closely with other agencies like OCME and OASIS to share and analyze data
- Regular meetings are held with different agencies to improve data collection and analysis methods
Linda Lee
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Okay.
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And also, is there some sort of database that you have on the back end?
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Because I know, obviously, we wanna protect patient privacy, HIPAA laws, all of that.
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But is there a database that you guys have on your end that sort of ties in all this information together so that we can better track what's actually happening on the ground?
Dr. Rebecca Linn- Walton
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Yeah.
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So we do rely on program data.
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So we have a database of all their program data.
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We're not getting client level, for example, on all of our different programs, because we want them to provide they want their own HIPAA protection.
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And so we get, programmatic data that we then layer on.
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And the good thing about it, maybe it's not all in the same database, but we can combine different data.
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A lot of different agencies have this where you combine different data sources to see a picture of whether you're having an effect.
Linda Lee
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How are you guys analyzing that?
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Who's who's putting that data together?
Dr. Rebecca Linn- Walton
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I have a lovely data team that works in the health department, and they are incredibly thoughtful researchers who are looking at combining overdose rates in the community and then hospital data and then program data.
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We work incredibly closely with OCME about their data.
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We work incredibly closely with OASIS about programmatic data because sometimes they have data we don't.
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And we're constantly meeting on a regular basis with different agencies to figure out is community provider data would that would add to the picture of how things are going.
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Mhmm.
Dr. Rebecca Linn- Walton
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And so we definitely are always working on opportunities to improve what types of data we get and then how we mush it all together into a comprehensive picture of how things are going.
Linda Lee
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Okay.
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I'm gonna pause here and hand it over to my colleagues for questions.
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So chair, and