Author Archives: Lisa Lines, Katya Fonkych, & Diana Zabala

About Lisa Lines, Katya Fonkych, & Diana Zabala

Diana Zabala is a public health analyst in the Center for Health Care Quality and Outcomes at RTI International. She has experience with health care policy analysis and implementation, scientific reading and writing, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and composition of reports and memos for technical and non-technical audiences. She graduated with a B.S. in Human Health: Science, Systems, and Policy from Duke University. Views expressed are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of RTI International.

Monitoring EMS data for substance use

By | May 12, 2021
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The United States is currently experiencing multiple, simultaneous epidemics that claim thousands of lives every week. According to the CDC, over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred between June 2019 and May 2020. That’s the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period. An estimated 93,000 Americans die annually from alcohol-related causes. Many… Read More »