Marshfield Clinic Partnering with Appriss, Inc. to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 -- 9:28 AM
-Marshfield Clinic is partnering with Appriss, Inc., to include opiate prescription histories into its electronic Health Records, built and developed by MCIS, Inc., to improve patient safety and combat prescription drug abuse and diversion.MCIS is the first ambulatory vendor in Wisconsin to integrate the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in its EHR. MCIS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Marshfield Clinic Health System, has been continuously developing its EHR for over 30 years. Appriss, Inc., a leading technology provider for risk assessment and analytics in public safety and health care, provides technology that includes patient opiate prescription histories in real-time at the point-of-care. This increased accessibility is expected to increase prescription monitoring data usage.
Opioid overdose is a health concern in Wisconsin as heroin and prescription painkiller use puts people at risk of opioid overdose. In 2013, more Wisconsin residents died from drug overdoses than motor vehicle accidents, suicide or firearms, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
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