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- Title
Web-Based Interactive Tool to Identify Facilities at Risk of Receiving Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Organisms.
- Authors
Octaria, Rany; Chan, Allison; Wolford, Hannah; Devasia, Rose; Moon, Troy D.; Yuwei Zhu; Slayton, Rachel B.; Kainer, Marion A.; Zhu, Yuwei
- Abstract
To identify facilities at risk of receiving patients colonized or infected with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), we developed an interactive web-based interface for visualization of patient-sharing networks among healthcare facilities in Tennessee, USA. Using hospital discharge data and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' claims and Minimum Data Set, we constructed networks among hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. Networks included direct and indirect transfers, which accounted for <365 days in the community outside of facility admissions. Authorized users can visualize a facility of interest and tailor visualizations by year, network dataset, length of time in the community, and minimum number of transfers. The interface visualizes the facility of interest with its connected facilities that receive or send patients, the number of interfacility transfers, and facilities at risk of receiving transfers from the facility of interest. This tool will help other health departments enhance their MDRO outbreak responses.
- Subjects
TENNESSEE; CENTERS for Medicare &; Medicaid Services (U.S.); NURSING care facilities; HEALTH facilities; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; SERVER farms (Computer network management)
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 9, p2046
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2609.191691