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Cleveland

Through partnerships between industry associations, community organizations, local government and private companies, Cleveland is modeling what effective cross-sector collaboration looks like. And we should all be paying attention.

Opioid Data Lab:

The opioid epidemic is a complex public health issue, so The Opioid Data Lab, a consortium of public and private organizations, together with the local community are turning to analytics to to help reduce the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome - babies born dependent to opioids.

By bringing together data from insurance claims, prescriptions, and local records the Opioid Data Lab is able to create targeted solutions at a local level to create real, lasting impact.

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““To truly look at how you can use data to bring transformational services to communities… something as simple as giving people a ride to their treatment can have enormous impact on the cost of healthcare.””

— Mark Richey, Opioid Data Lab/Bioenterprise

Battle for our babies

Infant mortality disproportionality affects underrepresented communities; regardless of location or education people of color have much higher rates of infant mortality. Battle for Our Babies began in Cleveland out of personal passion and led to a new kind of project at the intersection of technology, healthcare, and the arts.

In Cleveland, a diverse city came together to share their stories, but engagement was just the start. Now that community is connecting with tech innovators, the private sector, and the government in order to create solutions.

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Battle For Our Babies, Institute for Health Equity

Silas Buchanan,

Battle For Our Babies, Institute for Health Equity

“Whether you are male, whether you’re female, whether you’re older, whether you’re younger - We want you engaged. This is going to take all of us connected back with public, private, government, and academic stakeholders to solve for this problem. It takes all of us.”

Battle For Our Babies, Institute for Health Equity

Battle For Our Babies

Martinique Mims

Battle For Our Babies

“Cuyahoga county is rated one of the highest for infant mortality and the leading cause of death is prematurity. I never knew. I didn’t know. They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well it takes the city, the county, the state, the families, and neighbors to know that raising a child is more than just the surface. You gotta do it with a purpose. A village grows from the start of its roots. From a story or the Earth or its circumstances. What surrounds and goes through is a process we hold onto.”

Battle For Our Babies

The Opioid Initiative, ACCENTURE

Michael Petersen, MD

The Opioid Initiative, ACCENTURE

“The opioid epidemic has been a pervasive public health issue for over 10 years. It effects all people; it’s such a multi-dimensional, complex problem. You can’t boil the ocean and solve it with just one idea or one solution. It’s going to require a collaboration of community partners, corporate, and venture capitalist type groups.”

The Opioid Initiative, ACCENTURE