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For the first time, Massachusetts cellphone users can text 911

John R. Ellement

January 16, 2019 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

After a successful test run, Massachusetts residents can now text 911 in the event of an emergency where it's too dangerous to call. Although there are limitations to this approach, known as the Next Generation 911 system, it greatly expands access for marginalized communities.

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Zimbabwe: Solar Cures Energy Ills At Zimbabwe's Power-Short Clinics

Jeffrey Moyo

December 24, 2018 |

All Africa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

Solar power systems and panels are being installed at health centers across Zimbabwe. In a country with common electricity shortages, these solar power systems ensure there are lights, refrigeration, and working machines to treat patients.

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In Rwanda, zippy drones deliver quick fix, but gloss over deeper needs

Ryan Lenora Brown

December 18, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Muhanga

Drones complement emergency health services in poorly connected regions. Across Rwanda, where the state of infrastructure poses an ongoing structural challenge, drones are making emergency deliveries of blood possible. By partnering with a Silicon Valley tech firm, the Rwandan government has supplemented its healthcare services. With drones involved in some 20 percent of blood deliveries, the work of the Zipline pharmacy raises further questions about the short term and long-term challenges facing Rwanda’s infrastructure.

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Denver home delivery services include urgent medical care, gym on wheels, late-night munchies

Joe Rubino

December 14, 2018 |

The Denver Post |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

A Denver group called Dispatch Health is an urgent care "delivery" service. Instead of requiring the patient to come to the hospital, Dispatch Health come to the patient's home and administers care on site. The group is working to be more economical than a traditional hospital as well, with services from $40-50 for insured patients and a flat rate of $275 for the uninsured.

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A better way to investigate rape

MaryJo Webster Jennifer Bjorhus Brandon Stahl

December 09, 2018 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, West Valley City, Utah

In West Valley City, Utah, the police department has transformed how they handle sex crimes. Department reforms include mandatory training on trauma, required testing of all rape kits, and the development of a set of guidelines to use when questioning victims – all of which shifting their focus towards justice and healing. The reforms have led to sharp increases in cases prosecuted and convicted and even changes in legislation statewide.

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Colorado Fire Department Reduces 911 Calls By Helping Frequent Callers

Michael de Yoanna

December 04, 2018 |

KUNC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Greeley, Colorado

Combining the skills of medical emergency responders, crisis intervention specialists and social workers has had success in lowering the number of 911 calls for a fire department in Greeley, Colorado. Dubbed Squad 1, this goal of this unit is to triage the number of emergency calls coming in in order to allocate and extend resources where they are most needed.

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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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Hospitals Are Trying To Do What Politicians Haven't: Stop Gun Violence

Nick Wing

November 23, 2018 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Cheverly, Maryland

The Capital Region Violence Intervention Program uses the "golden moment" when gunshot victims are receptive to guidance, in the initial hours of their hospitalization, to steer them away from retaliatory violence and enroll them in mental health and job counseling. About 30 hospital-based violence intervention programs around the country provide such services, which have been shown to reduce violent injury and death, though such studies have been small in scale. The capital region program's first 100 patients avoided further harm, a far better than average result.

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Where Cop Cars Double as Ambulances for Shooting Victims

Elizabeth Van Brocklin

November 14, 2018 |

The Trace |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Scoop and Run is a police practice that has saved lives. During a “scoop and run” police take gunshot or stab wound victims to the emergency room instead of waiting for an ambulance. Philadelphia is the only city, among cities with high rates of homicides, that has implemented “scoop and run” into policy. "Last year, a third of Philadelphia’s 1,223 shooting victims were delivered to a city trauma center.”

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Teamwork promises to help improve mental health care in Lincoln County

John Blodgett

October 17, 2018 |

The Western News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Libby, Montana

Following the closure of the Western Montana Mental Health Center due to budget cuts to mental health care funding, Lincoln County established a mental health coalition. The coalition came up with a new system for dealing with patients who report to the emergency room for a mental health crisis. Now, many actors will play a part in giving care to mental health patients during a crisis and its aftermath.

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