AHOPE
Relieving the Opioid Epidemic
About the Opioid Epidemic
Opioids
- codeine (only available in generic form)
- fentanyl (Actiq, Duragesic, Fentora, Abstral, Onsolis)
- hydrocodone (Hysingla ER, Zohydro ER)
- hydrocodone/acetaminophen (Lorcet, Lortab, Norco, Vicodin)
- hydromorphone (Dilaudid, Exalgo)
- meperidine (Demerol)
- methadone (Dolophine, Methadose)
- morphine (Kadian, MS Contin, Morphabond)
- oxycodone (OxyContin, Oxaydo)
- oxycodone and acetaminophen (Percocet, Roxicet)
- oxycodone and naloxone
Collateral Damage
Co-Occurring Epidemics: Spread of HIV and Hepatitis
AHOPE
Access
Harm Reduction
Overdose Prevention
Education
AHOPE is a harm reduction and needle exchange site providing a range of service to active injection drug users, including:
- Integrated HIV/ Hepatitis/ and STI testing
- Free, legal, and anonymous needle exchange
- Supported referrals to HIV, Hepatitis, STI treatment, and medical
- Overdose prevention education and training
- Risk reduction supplies to reduce the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C infection
- Risk reduction counseling
- Supported referrals to all modalities of substance abuse treatment
AHOPE services are available at the walk-in center at 774 Albany Street and through mobile van and outreach sites around Boston
Problem Statement
People not getting the help they need
Due to inaccurate and incomplete data collection
Current Contact Interaction
First name
Mother's first name
Year of birth
New Contact?
Form A
Form B
Administer and Aggregate Data
Internal Use
Report to City
New
Recurring
Paper forms
Excel spreadsheet
Unknown @ collection
Locations:
- Field: on foot or van
- walk-in center
Referral Reports
Proposed Solution
Solution
Web App Tool
Get more people the help they need
Paper
Collection
Pilot
Mobile Collection
Monitor
and Adapt
Web App Tool
Personalized User Questions
Quicker Data Input
Customize Metrics
Optional for Data Collection
Basic Contact information retrieval in field/on-site
Optional data input from mobile device
View and administer data
Key metrics on Reports page
Single Source of Truth
Cost
Efficient
Feature Rich
Easy to
Maintain
Easy to
Scale
GEHC Reveal
OROCRM CE
FormStack
LimeSurvey
Google Sheets + Forms
Researched but n/a
Proposed Contact Interaction
First name
Mother's first name
Year of birth
New Contact?
Form A
Form B
Administrate and Aggregate Data
Internal Use
Report to City
New
Recurring
Paper forms
Locations:
- Field: on foot or van
- walk-in center
Digital Option on Mobile Device
Web App Interface to Central Database
Known
Custom reports
Referral Reports
WebApp
Paper
Solution Plan
| Phase I | Phase II | Phase III | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goal | Test Mobile Data Collection | Implement Digital MVP | Add Features |
| Data Collection | Google Forms | Digital Option for MVP | Additional Forms |
| Data Aggregation | Google Docs | Web App | Additional Functionality |
| Reporting | Google Docs? | Page of Web App | Web App Export |
Implementation Considerations
- Incomplete data
- Digital and paper input options
- Mobile device not always available
- They already have an app... we would need to raise the bar
- Wireless connection not always available
- NARCAN form
- Referrals
- 80-150 forms / day, 5 days / week
- ~215,500 records over 5years, assuming 5% growth
- Form logic (some fields once true, can't go to false)
Team?
What are you excited to do?
Role Suggestions
- Coordination
- Publicity
- UX
- Engineering
Timeline?
What can we do in 2 months?
What could we do in 4 months?
How many people can help build?
Interested?
Let us know!