Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS used to help address Opioid Epidemic
FYI, 2 great articles that discuss how local government are using GIS technology and Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS in particular, to help with the opioid epidemic.
1. The Herald-News: Will County GIS important for information gathering
For the opioid crisis, the Will County GIS Division helped identify where heroin overdose incidents occurred, how many people were saved by Narcan, and locations to drop off unused prescription drugs.
Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose Deaths in Will County (2014-2017) Dashboard
2. City of Tempe News: New map will help Tempe combat opioid abuse
Tempe is the first city in Arizona to create a data map showing opioid abuse demographics, locations of probable opioid abuse calls for service and the times they are happening.
https://socalsunrise.com/mental-health-opioid-addiction/
FYI, this is an interesting example.
Opioids in Alameda County, CA Story Map - and Operations Dashboard is used for the 'charting functionality' within the Story Map. A different approach for leveraging Ops Dashboard.
Hope this helps,
FYI, Cook County, IL case study on opioid and gun homicide data published by Results for America
Dashboard: https://maps.cookcountyil.gov/medexammaps/
Hope this helps,
FYI, good GovTech article:
Tempe, Ariz., Wastewater Testing Yields Opioid Crisis Data
Associated Dashboard: Opioid wastewater dashboard
FYI, City of Annapolis, Maryland released a Dashboard that tracks opioid activity,
http://annapolis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/03f969ad3a6f4a11b68711d0ee872c24
FYI, Stark County Fatal Overdoses Dashboard by the Stark County Health Department (Canton, OH)
Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) - Collegiate Recovery Programs dashboard
