Drug Overdose Death Data from Medical Examiners and Coroners and Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) Teams Webinar Materials

This webinar will provide participants with an understanding of the role of the medical examiners and coroners in the surveillance of drug overdose deaths, as well as the current efforts to strengthen the death investigation system. The webinar will also cover an overview of the overdose fatality review process and tools available for implementation.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the medicolegal death investigation landscape.
• Explain the role of accreditation and certification of medicolegal death investigation.
• Describe 3 challenges to accurately identifying drugs involved in drug overdose deaths.
• Describe the Overdose Fatality Review Process.
• Explain the role and expectations of the ME/C, public health, behavior health and public safety in the OFR process.
• Describe the benefits of OFRs.
• Access OFR toolkit and data system.

Presenters: Margaret Warner & Mallory O’Brien