Postrelease Risk of Overdose and All-Cause Death Among Persons Released From Jail or Prison: Minnesota, March 2020-December 2021.

To determine mortality risk among those recently released from a Minnesota jail or prison. Using linked prison, jail, and death records, our retrospective cohort study followed 99 065 people who were released from Minnesota jails and prisons between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021. We explored differences between jail and prison exposures regarding mortality using standardized mortality ratios.

Minnesota Electronic Health Record Consortium COVID-19 Project: Informing Pandemic Response Through Statewide Collaboration Using Observational Data.

Objective: Robust disease and syndromic surveillance tools are underdeveloped in the United States, as evidenced by limitations and heterogeneity in sociodemographic data collection throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. To monitor the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota, we developed a federated data network in March 2020 using electronic health record (EHR) data from 8 multispecialty health systems.

Materials And Methods: In this serial cross-sectional study, we examined patients of all ages who received a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction test, had symptoms of a viral illness, or received an influenza test from January 3, 2016, through November 7, 2020.

Trends in Pediatric Viral Symptoms, Influenza Testing, and SARS-CoV-2 Testing From a Statewide Electronic Health Record Consortium, January 2017 to July 2021.

Objective: The heterogeneous implementation and uptake of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic amplified the need for locally responsive disease surveillance mechanisms. Using data from a newly developed statewide electronic health record (EHR) consortium in Minnesota, we sought to characterize trends in pediatric viral symptoms, influenza testing, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing.

Methods: We conducted a serial cross-sectional analysis of EHR data from 1/1/2017 to 7/30/2021 across 8 large health systems in Minnesota.

Patient Characteristics and Subsequent Health Care Use by Location of SARS-CoV-2 Testing Initiation in a Safety-Net Health System.

This cross-sectional study examines patterns in entry location for SARS-CoV-2 testing in a safety-net health system by patient demographic characteristics.

Identification of Cross-sector Service Utilization Patterns Among Urban Medicaid Expansion Enrollees.

Background: The expansion of Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act opened new opportunities to provide health coverage to low-income adults who may be involved in other public sectors.

Objective: The main objective of this study was to describe cross-sector utilization patterns among urban Medicaid expansion enrollees.

Research Design: We merged data from 4 public sectors (health care, human services, housing, and criminal justice) for 98,282 Medicaid expansion enrollees in Hennepin County, MN.