Illinois continues to respond to the enormous burden of drug overdose epidemic through surveillance, response, and collaboration. One aspect of response is the mandatory reporting of opioid overdoses within 48 hours of arrival in the Emergency Department (ED). IDPH utilizes existing real-time, syndromic surveillance for most of this reporting requirement.

Annually, hospitals are expected to confirm the number of opioid overdoses seen in their ED compared to the IDPH surveillance data. The intent has been to leverage automated reporting instead of manual entry to minimize the burden on hospitals while still ensuring overdose data is accurate. For 2022, IDPH is only requiring hospitals to submit internal count of opioid overdoses that were treated in the ED from July 1, 2022-September 30, 2022. Use of ESSENCE, the IDPH surveillance system, to determine comparison counts, is now OPTIONAL.

Annual validation must be completed by December 31, 2022.

The instructions for completing validation are on the website: 48-Hour Hospital OD Reporting Website and in the attached PDF for your reference.

Please feel free to reach out to jessica.ledesma@illinois.gov with any questions and concerns. Thank you for all your continued attention to the 48-Hr Opioid Overdose Reporting.

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