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EHRs need better integration with prescription drug monitoring programs

February 28, 2018

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Databases that help states track controlled substance prescriptions are vital to reducing opioid prescribing. However, these systems are not well integrated with the electronic health records that clinicians use, according to Andrew Gettinger, MD, chief clinical officer in the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT.

Gettinger contends that—when clinicians are in the “fluid workflow” of caring for a patient and go into their EHR to prescribe—one of the challenges with prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) is that “in many cases, not all, they have to leave that workflow and log into their state’s PDMP.”

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