TY - JOUR AU - Octaria, Rany AU - Chan, Allison AU - Wolford, Hannah AU - Devasia, Rose AU - Moon, Troy AU - Zhu, Yuwei AU - Slayton, Rachel AU - Kainer, Marion T1 - Web-Based Interactive Tool to Identify Facilities at Risk of Receiving Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Organisms T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 2046 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To identify facilities at risk of receiving patients colonized or infected with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), we developed an interactive web-based interface for visualization of patient-sharing networks among healthcare facilities in Tennessee, USA. Using hospital discharge data and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ claims and Minimum Data Set, we constructed networks among hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. Networks included direct and indirect transfers, which accounted for <365 days in the community outside of facility admissions. Authorized users can visualize a facility of interest and tailor visualizations by year, network dataset, length of time in the community, and minimum number of transfers. The interface visualizes the facility of interest with its connected facilities that receive or send patients, the number of interfacility transfers, and facilities at risk of receiving transfers from the facility of interest. This tool will help other health departments enhance their MDRO outbreak responses. KW - drug resistance KW - patient transfers KW - computer software application KW - multidrug resistance KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - bacteria KW - MRSA and other staphylococci KW - healthcare-associated infections DO - 10.3201/eid2609.191691 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/19-1691_article ER - End of Reference