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Using Health Information Exchange to Improve Use of Prescription Monitoring Data
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Washington State experienced a five-fold increase in deaths from unintentional drug overdoses between 1998 and 2014. The PMP collects data on controlled substances prescribed to patients and makes the data available to healthcare providers, giving… read more… providers, giving providers another tool for patient care and safety. Optimal impact for the program depends on … emergency departments statewide to track patients who visit multiple EDs. We also developed a connection between … The increased accessibility will lead to improved patient care by giving providers more complete and recent data on …