COPE In Action

In Texas, TxCOPE is being used by communities and the organizations serving them to combat the opioid epidemic.

Helping outreach professionals have a more complete understanding of the goings-on in their area, the platform allows them to better plan their efforts, leading to better outcomes.

Partnership

TxCOPE emerged from a transformative, multi-disciplinary collaboration among subject matter experts, including community members, local outreach organizations, The University of Texas in Austin Addiction Research Institute, Eviden, and Google. Harnessing the expertise of first responders, academia, local communities, and technology and industry pioneers, we developed a solution that not only captures profound insights into affected communities but also embodies academic excellence and technological innovation. TxCOPE stands as a meticulously crafted, data-centric, and privacy-focused solution, finely tuned to meet the distinctive needs of Texas communities.

The first ever unified digital response platform to the opioid epidemic

Built by communities, for communities, the platform took shape through a comprehensive codesign process.

Community Participation

Driving platform features based on input from outreach professionals alongside members of the community.

Academic Research

Engaging in a proactive approach utilizing deep expertise and historical data.

Technology

Leveraging innovative Cloud-based tools to ingest, analyze, and present real-time data.

Platform Pillars

Data Dashboards & near Real-Time Reporting for Outreach Organizations

Supply Distribution and Tracking for Outreach Organizations

Public Facing Website & Mobile App for overdose incident reporting

Data Ingestion

ML/AI Data Science Pilot

Cloud Foundations Technical Platform

Real Impact

This platform is saving lives across Texas. In May 2024, a mass overdose incident in Austin, Texas, led to 51 confirmed overdoses and 8 suspected fatalities. Leveraging the TxCOPE platform, prevention organizations received real-time alerts along the incident map and the predicted path from San Antonio to Dallas. The platform helped organizations quickly mobilize resources, including Naloxone and other supplies, to address those incidents. TxCOPE facilitated this coordinated community response that saved dozens of lives.

Public facing website / Mobile App

1039 Incidents reported to date

Outreach Organization App

23 Outreach Organizations on-boarded

Data Partners

5 Data sources ingested into the application

“The people at Eviden who have worked on TxCOPE literally saved lives this week.

Together, we saved lives.”

Dr. Kasey Claborn

Director, Addiction Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin

“This program is going to be so vital to giving us the data we need to show that there is an actual problem in our community that needs to be addressed.”

El Paso Outreach Worker

“As a true testament to ‘not about us…without us’, TxCOPE offers every Texan affected by the opioid epidemic an opportunity to be a part of a solid outreach response.”

San Antonio Outreach Worker

“Finally a platform we can use to better understand the needs of our communities and assists with accurate data collection on overdoses for the first time ever! Huge win for Texas outreach workers!”

San Antonio Outreach Worker

Eviden

Eviden is a leader in digital transformation, partnering with our customers to create agile, analytics-based solutions in the cloud.

The University of Texas in Austin Addiction Research Institute at UT Austin’s School of Social Work and Dell Medical School

The Addiction Research Institute at UT Austin’s School of Social Work and Dell Medical School work with a range of community partners to transform mental health care and substance use prevention in central Texas and beyond.

Google

Google has strong relationships with many state and local governments. The Google Cloud Platform provides a flexible, reliable, secure cloud platform and tools to host this first of its kind digital ecosystem.

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