The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services updated its Michigan Opioid Strategy Progress Metrics Dashboard to track progress on goals recommended by the state's Opioids Task Force.
The dashboard displays goals organized within four pillars of substance-use response: primary prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery support. Progress toward each goal is tracked using evidence-based metrics selected for their alignment with state objectives, data availability, and relevance to health equity.
Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive and chair of the Opioids Task Force, said the dashboard was designed to ensure investments were guided by data and made public. The tool will help identify where the state's work is making a difference and where more attention is needed, she said.
The data-driven goals are based on recommendations from Opioids Task Force subcommittees whose volunteer members have expertise in substance-use disorders. The dashboard will be updated routinely as new information becomes available.
Michigan is slated to receive more than $1.8 billion from national opioid settlements by 2040, with half distributed to the state and the remainder going directly to county, city and township governments across the state.