ICYMI: July 8-13

New: Most patients hospitalized with non–COVID-19 conditions had similar outcomes during pandemic waves, which suggests that hospitals were able to respond effectively, even with caseload and occupancy strains. Only those with heart failure, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma had a significantly higher risk of 30-day mortality during the pandemic (16% and 41% higher, respectively). JAMA Network Open Outcomes among patients hospitalized with non–COVID-19 conditions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta and Ontario, Canada

New: In our new research video, ICES scientist Kieran Quinn disentangles the effects of severe COVID-19 from those related to admission to hospital due to other severe illnesses such as influenza or sepsis. Reimagining Care for Older Adults with Serious Illness

Research Rewind: Climate change is affecting people's health, particularly populations at higher risk. We explored whether emergency department visits for heat-related illness in urban areas changed following the implementation of the harmonized Heat Warning and Information System in 2016. Across Ontario EDs, visits for heat-related illness may have declined in some subpopulations following HWIS, but the change was not significant. Efforts to continually improve HWIS processes are important given our changing Canadian climate. Impact of Ontario's Harmonized Heat Warning and Information System on emergency department visits for heat-related illness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based time series analysis

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?? HDRN Canada’s Data Access Support Hub (DASH) webinar: Are you a researcher seeking administrative health data from more than one province or territory in Canada? Health Data Research Network Canada 's Data Access Support Hub (DASH) offers coordinated services to researchers interested in accessing multi-regional datasets.?Thirteen organizations are part of DASH, including provincial and territorial data centres such as ICES. Register for the free webinar to learn how DASH can help you navigate the data access process as well as the centralized services and tools available for researchers conducting research projects in more than one region.

???Volunteer opportunity: Our partner Health Data Research Network Canada is recruiting members for their Public Advisory Council, who will advise on a range of topics related to health data and the interaction with data holders and health systems. Deadline: July 28, 2023. Apply today!

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