Like many public health agencies across the US, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office tracks drug overdose deaths to target interventions for populations at risk and save lives. In past years, reporting fatal drug overdoses has largely been a paper- and human-driven process in King County, which shares the information with state and federal agencies. This cumbersome process to gather and report fatal drug overdoses consumed large blocks of time as fentanyl- and other drug-related deaths have skyrocketed in the Seattle area in recent years. Seattle, the county seat, reported nearly 600 drug…