GOAL

Investigate common characteristics of overdose victims to identify predictive risk factors.

h DPH Substance Use Program staff identifies best practices for establishing an overdose fatality review (OFR) team to identify underlying characteristics of those who have suffered a fatal overdose.

h DPH identifies mental health care providers, community shelters, and social service organizations that can collaborate to increase data-sharing across sectors.

h DPH increases collaboration with mental health care providers, community shelters, and social service organizations to increase data-sharing across sectors.

h DPH supports the increase of staff capacity across DPH to assist in the creation and operation of an OFR team.

Opportunity

County h DPH continues its relationships with mental health care providers, community shelters, and social service organizations to share data. Opportunity

® DPH Substance Use Program staff conducts a feasibility study of establishing an OFR team.

® Pending the results of the feasibility study, DPH begins to create an OFR team made up of key individuals from the community.