The Pennsylvania Department of Health is integrating its prescription drug monitoring program into EHRs and pharmacy systems across the commonwealth, and all healthcare organizations' costs will be covered by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration.
The funding will be available through August 2019, and eligible organizations can apply on the department's website.
"This integration makes the PDMP even easier for health care providers to use," Mr. Wolf said. "Critical information about a patient's opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions will be accessible seamlessly from the patient's electronic medical record. Through federal grants, we are able to cover the cost of IT integration so that health care organizations can participate."
Pennsylvania's PDMP collects prescribing data on schedule II-V controlled substances. The system is also able to communicate with 10 other states and Washington, D.C.
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