UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS
December 11th – No Meeting
NEWS
- WE HAVE THE NASS!
This month, SHARP received a download of the 2016 NASS dataset. Sampled from the State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases (SASD), HCUP’s NASS can be used to create national estimates of major ambulatory surgery encounters performed in hospital-owned facilities. Major ambulatory surgeries are defined as selected invasive, therapeutic surgical procedures that typically require the use of an operating room and require regional anesthesia, general anesthesia, or sedation (i.e., surgeries flagged as “narrow” in the HCUP Surgery Flag Software).
Key features of the 2016 NASS include:
• Data from 2,718 hospital-owned facilities located in 33 States and the District of Columbia, approximating a 59-percent stratified sample of U.S. hospital-owned facilities performing selected ambulatory surgeries
• Data on clinical procedures and diagnoses, disposition of the patient, expected source of payment, and total charges, as well as geographic, hospital-owned facility, and patient characteristics
• A focus on encounters with at least one “in-scope” ambulatory surgery: an invasive, therapeutic procedure with relatively high procedure volume, a substantial share of procedures in the hospital outpatient setting, and reliable reporting from hospital-owned facilities
• A supplemental file that provides information on out-of-scope procedures performed during these encounters
- Dr. Carmen Quatman, MD, PhD will be speaking at the TEDxColumbus Women’s event on December 8th
- TEDxColumbus aims to bring the Columbus community a series of talks featuring the area’s most intelligent, clever, and creative individuals. This year, the theme is Bold + Brilliant, and the aim of the event is to empower girls and women and celebrate those who support them.
- The event will take place from 1:00pm to 4:00pm on 12/08, and livestream will take place from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.
- Find more information out about the event here.
Research NIMHD Supports Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation
NIMHD is supporting two new funding opportunities, PAR-19-373 (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) and PAR-19-384 (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required), to understand the interrelation between social connectedness and social isolation on health disparity populations and health disparities. This work includes the impact of interpersonal and systemic discrimination and microaggressions on social connectedness and isolation. This research aims to identify unique challenges and intervention targets for health disparity populations.
NIMHD encourages investigators to participate in this important public health activity and welcomes inquiries concerning these FOAs. Review the funding opportunities for more information on eligibility and application submissions.
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date): February 17, 2020
Application Due Date: March 17, 2020, by 5:00pm local time of application organization.
View the FOAs here.
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER SCHOLARLY SUCCESSES
We pull publication data from Scopus, based on our ORCID list. If you have other publications (i.e. book chapters), or invited lectures, patents, etc. please send to Scott Chaffee (scott.chaffee@osumc.edu) for inclusion on this list!
ABSTRACT DEADLINES
Send us the names of your favorite meetings! Email to Scott Chaffee (scott.chaffee@osumc.edu).
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE HOURS
Dr. Strassels’ office hours are every Wednesday from 8:00AM-11:00AM. Contact Scott Chaffee (scott.chaffee@osumc.edu) to schedule a 30 minute block of one on one time with the SHARP Scientific Director.
