The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is soliciting proposals for its Sentinel Surveillance for Outpatient Respiratory Disease Grant.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
To respond to the need for complete and accurate acute respiratory illness (ARI) outpatient data, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is establishing Sentinel Surveillance for Outpatient Respiratory Disease (SSORD). The goal of SSORD is to conduct state-wide sentinel surveillance for outpatient COVID19, influenza, and other respiratory diseases to accurately describe ARI activity and circulating pathogens.
Participating healthcare systems and clinics will provide deidentified patient visit data and submit specimens for testing at the MDH Public Health Laboratory (PHL). MDH SSORD staff will aggregate and analyze data to describe respiratory disease activity and circulating pathogens. Aggregated data and summary reports will be shared with participating health systems and clinic providers. Results will be shared with local public health, affected communities, and the general public to provide situational awareness and inform prevention measures.
This grant will serve:
- Minnesota patients of ages and from all racial and ethnic communities, including American Indians, and LGBTQI patients, disabled patients, and veterans.
Grant outcomes will include:
- Health system and clinic data representing the community in which they are located and the people they serve. Data on age, race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity and potentially other demographic factors will be collected, analyzed, and used to inform our understanding of risk factors.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $500,000
- Estimated Award Maximum:$50,000
- Estimated Award Minimum: $30,000
Project Period
September 2023 – September 2024.
Eligible Projects
- Activity 1: Submit data describing patient population served.
- Participating health care systems or single clinics enumerate and describe patient population served to provide a proxy denominator when calculating population-based rates of outpatient visits for ARI, COVID-19, influenza, and other respiratory diseases.
- Activity 2: Submit weekly visit data including a) line-list of visits for ARI and b) aggregate number of visits for any reason, by age group
- ARI visit information will help describe Minnesota respiratory disease activity, including geographic incidence and spread, common symptoms and diagnoses, and demographic risk factors. Aggregate data on visits for any reason will provide the context (i.e., a denominator) for describing ARI activity in the community.
- Activity 3: Submit ARI specimens for respiratory panel testing at MDH-PHL.
- Specimens collected from patients with ARI and sent to the MDH PHL for testing will provide information on the specific pathogens circulating in communities. The MDH PHL respiratory panel includes, testing for enterovirus, rhinovirus, adenovirus, bocavirus, seasonal coronaviruses, influenza (including subtypes), metapneumovirus, parainfluenza, chlamydia pneumoniae, legionella, and mycoplasma pneumoniae. The results will enhance knowledge of circulating pathogens for which there are not routine clinical tests.
Eligibility Criteria
MDH will consider applicants representing health systems that demonstrate the ability to reach a broad range of populations representing the demographics of Minnesotans. Health systems must fulfill the following criteria:
- Determine that data extraction and submission, as well as specimen collection and submission, is feasible for their health system.
- Demonstrate by developing a work plan, the capability of extracting requested data.
- Demonstrate willingness to provide requested data by including written tentative approval from data practices leadership.
- Can prioritize data analyst and clinic staff time for the project.
- Serve at least one out-patient clinic.
- Preference will be assigned to those health systems who serve underserved populations.
For more information, visit MDH.
