Purpose
In FY25, the Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) team held 10 meetings focused on examining individual overdose cases and developing targeted recommendations aimed at reducing overdose deaths. The team works to incorporate feedback from those with lived experience, strengthen collaboration among professionals, and provide data-driven guidance to community, state, and national stakeholders.
Key Recommendations:
- Rebuilding Mobile Overdose Review Team (MORT) relationships with local hospital ERs, providing regular MORT training for ER staff, placing peer recovery coaches in ERs, enhancing partnerships with recovery agencies, and adding fentanyl testing to all ER drug screenings.
- Additional priorities involved developing a centralized database for agency coordination, expanding community education on Narcan use and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and improving mental health supports for individuals with substance use disorders and their families.
- The newly formed Community Action Team (CAT) subcommittee is working to implement these recommendations, supported by strong partner engagement and a new data tracking system introduced by the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI).
Contact person: Alyse Nichols, St. Clair County Health Department