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Several tech companies are trying to streamline behavioral health referrals by making it easier to assess patients’ needs and identify available and appropriate programs. One platform, OpenBeds, focuses on behavioral health referrals and...

Opioid prescription intelligence software that is designed to integrate data from prescription drug monitoring programs into EHR systems is helping healthcare providers identify opioid-use disorder and improve prescribing practices, according to a...

The Georgia Department of Public Health is teaming up with Appriss Health to integrate the state’s prescription drug monitoring program into EHR systems across Georgia.

The opioid epidemic is a growing and complex problem. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that more than 71,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdose deaths in 2017.

This week, Appriss Health has launched ApprissID, a patient record-matching solution based on machine learning and consolidation algorithms within PMP AWARxE, Appriss Health’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) solution that serves 44...

Partners HealthCare is the first health system to fully integrate the Massachusetts opioid monitoring tool directly into its EHR.

Partners HealthCare has integrated the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Prescription Awareness Tool (MassPAT) directly into its Epic electronic health record (EHR) system. The Boston-based health system says this makes it the first healthcare...

Providers have begun to harness technology to improve their management of opioids and avoid misuse. It’s not a moment too soon.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will enable EHR integration of PDMP data for safer prescribing across the state.

Allscripts’ nationwide integration partnership with PDMP platform vendor Appriss Health aims to maximize the impact of PDMP data by providing data access within the clinician’s workflow.