Media report on mobile app designed to reduce opioid overdoses 

The Associated Press, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), WABI (Channel 5) and News Center Maine highlighted a mobile app designed to reduce overdose deaths that was developed by Maine’s Office of Behavioral Health, in collaboration with the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab). The app, OD-ME, contains naloxone administration instructions and step-by-step audio and visual guidance on how to perform rescue breathing. Available through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, the app is a free, easily accessible emergency response tool primarily aimed at educating active bystanders. U.S. News & World Report, Portland Press Herald, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and Fox 23 carried the AP article.