Leadership Conference to be offered virtually!

Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions (CHSP) will be offering the Professional Leadership Series virtually on September 23, 2020. Share the Vision: Engage, Inspire, Empower is for new and emerging leaders as well as those in middle management roles. The cost is $150 per person, and 5.1 nursing contact hours will be offered. Register now at commerce.cashnet.com/chspDublinCE.

July 16, 2020

As of July 16, 2020 Ohio has recorded 70,601 cases, 9,324 hospitalizations and 3,103 deaths. The following map depicts deaths per 100,000 population and shows that Mahoning (100.49) has the highest death rate among urban areas followed by Lucas (69.26).  Monroe (116.10) and Pickaway (75.41) recorded the highest rates for rural counties. Overall, COVID-19 fatalities continue to trend downward in all regions of the state. 

July 13, 2020

As of Monday, July 13, 2020, Ohio has recorded 66,853 Coronavirus cases, 8,915 hospitalizations and 3,064 deaths. Infections are increasing in a number of Ohio Counties. Hospitalizations and deaths appear to be lagging behind the increase in infections. The following map displays infections per 100,000 population by County. The graphs present for each county by region the change in infection counts over-time since the beginning of the pandemic. The next two Coronavirus blog installments will focus on hospitalization counts and deaths.

Free webinar on data analytics!

Join us on Wednesday, July 22nd as Sebastian Diaz presents The Emerging Role of Data in Healthcare. Registration is free! Register now at https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cN0UJI0fewkvldz

Suicide in Ohio Monographs Released

The study, “Suicide in Ohio: Facts, Figures and the Future,” was released Monday from Ohio University and the Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health, where Executive in Residence Orman Hall oversaw the analysis. Officials with the Mental Health and Addiction Advocacy Coalition, the Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health and the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation were involved in developing the report.

A new examination of suicide in Ohio in the past decade finds that 37 of the 88 counties now surpass the national rate, and the coronavirus pandemic likely is triggering a “staggering” increase in such deaths. Click here to view the executive summary and monographs.

June 25, 2020

The following graphs present daily COVID-19 infections and deaths for the state of Ohio between January 1 and June 25, 2020. The blue line represents actual cases. The bold red line is the same data with smoothing applied to reduce the “noise” associated with fluctuating data. The smoothed trend shows the direction of the data and the gray area surrounding the red line is a confidence band that represents how much we can trust the smoothed trend. Analysis of state level infections suggest Ohio has experienced a modest decline in infections since spring peak. The data also suggests a more significant decrease in the number of deaths since peak transmission.

 Analysis of infections and deaths by region of state shows infections continue to increase in several regions while deaths have broadly fallen across all regions. It is important to note that there tends to be a lag between increasing infections and deaths so early signs of resurgent infections may suggest increased deaths in those areas experiencing elevated infections.

June 22, 2020

As of June 22 there have been 45,537 Coronavirus cases, 7,292 related hospitalizations and 2,704 deaths. Ohio has recorded an additional 131 deaths since this time last week for a 5.1% increase in deaths. Twenty-seven Ohio counties are yet to record a deaths, 44 counties recorded no increase in deaths and only 17 counties reported increases, with Hardin County recording the highest percentage increase (150%).