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  • Colorado emergency rooms are trying something new to stem the opioid crisis: addiction treatment

    Jesse Paul

    August 28, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Hospitals in Colorado are changing their approach to opioid crisis by treating patients that come in as emergent cases and rushing them into medication-assisted addiction treatment. The model has proved so successful that doctors are now looking to expand this approach to methamphetamine users as well.

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  • Cellphones made it harder for Denver's 911 call takers to track people down. Finally, that's starting to change.

    Jesse Paul

    November 23, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The same technology that helps companies like Uber find their customers is now available to public safety agencies to ensure accurate location detection from cell phone calls. Denver is among the first cities to implement the updated technology and since the city launched it in mid-2018, it has delivered an accuracy percentage in the 90s, which means first responders don't waste precious time trying to find someone in crisis. The key is for cell phone users to have updated operating systems.

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