TY - JOUR AU - Atrubin, David AU - Bowden, Scott AU - Hamilton, Janet J. PY - 2016/03/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Using Syndromic Surveillance to Rapidly Describe the Early Epidemiology of Flakka Use in Florida, June 2014 – August 2015 JF - Online Journal of Public Health Informatics JA - OJPHI VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Oral Presentations DO - 10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6407 UR - https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6407 SP - AB - <p class="p1">Flakka is a synthetic drug (class: cathinones) that been responsible for numerous emergency department visits and over 30 deaths in Florida over the last year. In August 2015, Florida Department of Health (FDOH) partner agencies requested flakka-related health data in an effort to better understand the epidemiology and context of this problem. ESSENCE-FL emergency department data and poison control calls were analyzed to describe the epidemiology of this emergent drug. Having near real-time surveillance systems capable of providing timely, relevant data is critical in quickly characterizing emerging public health issues and helping to prioritize available resources.</p> ER -