What’s New in Civic Tech: What Do State Chief Data Officers Do?
In a press release[18], the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced a new partnership with a software platform called OpenBeds[19], which is aimed at helping social workers search for openings at drug treatment facilities in the state. The partnership also involves Indiana 2-1-1[20], which is a non-profit group that provides health care to those in need. The collaboration brings together OpenBeds tech with 2-1-1’s database of service providers, enabling those in need to find addiction treatment options in real time.
This effort is being funded by money from Indiana’s 21st Century Cures Act, which directs $10.9 million in federal funds to address the ongoing drug epidemic. This use of tech to help addicts more efficiently find treatment is relatively unique in terms of governmental efforts to address the opioid crisis. Other work has focused on using tech to monitor the frequency of drug prescriptions[21], using data to visualize abuse[22], and other work.
Indiana is the first to use OpenBeds’ treatment facility connection software statewide, according to local news reports[23].
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References
- ^ Pew Charitable Trusts (www.pewtrusts.org)
- ^ state chief data officer (www.govtech.com)
- ^ What Do State Chief Data Officers Do? (www.pewtrusts.org)
- ^ How States Use Data to Inform Decisions (www.pewtrusts.org)
- ^ new CDO (www.cookcountyil.gov)
- ^ Cook County Open Data Portal (www.cookcountystatesattorney.org)
- ^ make such a pledge (www.govtech.com)
- ^ signed onto a new movement (act.freepress.net)
- ^ roll back protections for net neutrality (www.govtech.com)
- ^ government contracts (www.govtech.com)
- ^ bills to preserve net neutrality (www.govtech.com)
- ^ San Francisco (www.govtech.com)
- ^ voice opposition (www.govtech.com)
- ^ Open Austin (www.open-austin.org)
- ^ praise the decision (twitter.com)
- ^ National Day of Civic Hacking Events (www.govtech.com)
- ^ tech to combat ongoing opioid (www.govtech.com)
- ^ press release (www.in.gov)
- ^ OpenBeds (www.openbeds.net)
- ^ Indiana 2-1-1 (www.in211.org)
- ^ frequency of drug prescriptions (www.govtech.com)
- ^ using data to visualize abuse (www.govtech.com)
- ^ local news reports (www.indystar.com)
- ^ Subscribe to GT newsletters. (www.govtech.com)