Health IT Analytics October 16, 2018
Providers are generally looking to their EHR vendors for help with getting ahead of opioid-related population health management issues.
Healthcare providers are primarily relying on their electronic health record vendors to help them identify problematic opioid prescribing patterns and reduce the unnecessary use of potent, dangerous painkillers, a new KLAS survey reveals.
Seventy-six percent of digitally advanced organizations consider their EHR vendors responsible for providing insights into opioid stewardship, the perception study said.
In sharp contrast, only 22 percent of these providers will first look directly to their state-level prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) databases for help.
With more than 100 overdose deaths every day as of 2016, clinicians expect their EHR tools to be able to interface with...
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