This is an abstract of an academic paper that describes the process and results of convening a multidisciplinary team in Rhode Island to address the opioid crisis with the goals of identifying gaps in policies and programming and developing recommendations to prevent future deaths.
Hackman, H.H., Koziol, J.A., McCormick, M., McDonald, J.V., Green, T.C. (2019). Multidisciplinary Team Reviews of Drug Overdose Deaths and the Use of Minigrants to Advance Recommendations: A Statewide Pilot in Rhode Island. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, epub ahead of print.