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How Data Can Help Cities Tackle Addiction and Mental Health Crises
Management consultant Chris Hart is working with Patrick Kennedy and companies like Google to develop best practices for mental health and addiction care.


ata and technology hold the key to combatting mental health crises and spurring addiction recovery, says Chris Hart. A managing partner at the Chicago management consulting firm sr4 Partners, Hart is working with former congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and companies like Google to document and replicate best practices for mental health and addiction care, and to grow recovery services. “We’ve never evaluated all of the social determinants that go into facilitating someone in recovery’s ability to live in a community: the housing, employment and counseling that makes a community a better place in which to seek recovery,” Kennedy says. “If we’re going to up our game in terms of advocacy, we want to advocate for that in every community, and start to benchmark those models. That’s what Chris is doing.”

Hart spoke with us about how he’s measuring success and which cities are doing the best work.

Q: How are you using data collection to address issues of mental health and addiction?

I’m trying to influence and reform the way in which we—communities and healthcare systems—care for and support people with mental health issues or with resolving a problem with alcohol or drugs.

https://www.worth.com/how-data-can-help-cities-tackle-addiction-and-mental-health-crises/