Fighting the opioid epidemic with ML & human-centered design

This post details the creation of Telesphora, a human-centered data science platform that uses machine learning and predictive analytics to combat the opioid epidemic. It describes the use of a spatiotemporal Poisson process to project future opioid overdose trends, leveraging real-time and future-trend data to alert local responders and authorities of potential overdose outbreaks. The post highlights the importance of human-centered design in understanding the impact of the crisis and designing actionable solutions.