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• Innovation Amidst the Crisis: Health IT and the Opioid Abuse Epidemic – Part 4 Bookmark this article.

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  Created: December 2018   |   Posted: December 2018

  “The opioid crisis in the United States is having a devastating impact on individuals, their families, and the health care industry. This multi-part series will focus on the role technology can play in addressing this crisis. Part one of the series proposed a strategic framework for evaluating and pursuing technical solutions. Part two explored technologies that enhance situational awareness. Part three tackled clinical decision support for opioid management.”

  Type: Other

  Category: Opioid Crisis

  Provider Types: CHIME Foundation Member

• New Member Orientation – Nov 2018 Bookmark this article.

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  Created: November 2018   |   Posted: December 2018

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  Categories: Leadership/Career , Strategy/Innovation

• CDC Opioid Guideline – Implementation Guide for Electronic Health Records Bookmark this article.

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  Created: November 2018   |   Posted: December 2018

  The Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA) is committed to bringing leaders
  from our EHR developer community together to collaborate on solving industry
  challenges. In 2018, the Association’s Opioid Crisis Task Force was formed to
  research and provide recommendations on ways EHR technology can help with
  solving the complex puzzle of the opioid crisis. One area that the Task Force has
  researched is clinical practice guidelines that can be operationalized to improve
  opioid stewardship in clinical practice.

  Types: Other , Public Policy Resource

  Category: Opioid Crisis

  Provider Name: EHRA

• Innovation Amidst the Crisis Health IT and the Opioid Abuse Epidemic Part 3 Bookmark this article.

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  Created: October 2018   |   Posted: October 2018

  The opioid crisis in the United States is having a devastating impact on individuals, their families, and the health care industry. This multi-part series will focus on the role technology can play in addressing this crisis. Part one of the series proposed a strategic framework for evaluating and pursuing technical solutions. Part two explored technologies that enhance situational awareness.

  Type: Other

  Categories: HIT , Opioid Crisis

  Provider Types: CHIME Foundation Member

• Transforming Health Care Delivery – Leveraging data to improve quality of care Bookmark this article.

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  Created: August 2018   |   Posted: August 2018

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  Categories: HIT , Quality/Safety

• Innovation Amidst Crisis: Health IT and the Opioid Abuse Epidemic Part 2 Bookmark this article.

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  Created: August 2018   |   Posted: August 2018

  The opioid crisis in the United States is having a devastating impact on individuals, their families, and the health care industry. This multi-part series will focus on the role technology can play in addressing this crisis. Part one of the series proposed a strategic framework for evaluating and pursuing technical solutions. In this article, we will explore situational awareness as part of the strategic framework.

  Type: Other

  Categories: HIT , Opioid Crisis

• Innovation Amidst the Crisis: Health IT and the Opioid Abuse Epidemic Bookmark this article.

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  Created: August 2018   |   Posted: August 2018

  “The opioid crisis in the United States is having a devastating impact on individuals, their families, and the health care industry. This multi-part series will focus on the role technology can play in addressing this crisis. In this article, we propose a strategic framework for evaluating and pursuing technical solutions. Future articles will explore specific areas and solutions within this framework.”

  Type: Other

  Categories: HIT , Opioid Crisis

• THE EVOLVING ROLE OF HEALTH IT IN FIGHTING THE OPIOID CRISIS Bookmark this article.

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  Created: August 2018   |   Posted: August 2018

  The opioid crisis in the United States is having a devastating impact on individuals, their families, and the healthcare industry. We as a country are a long way off from ending this crisis, but many believe health information technology will be a major part of the solution. This whitepaper explores the benefits of health IT in the opioid crisis, the roles it can play, and what needs to be done to make the use of health IT more effective in the fight.

  Categories: HIT , Opioid Crisis

• OVERVIEW OF OPIOID BILLS WITH TECHNOLOGY IMPLICATIONS Bookmark this article.

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  Created: July 2018   |   Posted: August 2018

  The opioid crisis has been a huge priority within the 115th Congress with a sprint to gather feedback through requests for information, hearings and meetings with stakeholders. This has led to a large, comprehensive piece of legislation known as the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, otherwise titled H.R. 6, that was passed out of the House in late June. Laid out in the below table are relevant provisions within H.R. 6 as well as legislation being considered separately by the Senate.

  Type: Public Policy Resource

  Category: Opioid Crisis

• University of Maryland SM Capital Region Health: Deploying Critical Code Bookmark this article.

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  Created: July 2018   |   Posted: November 2018

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  Type: Case Study

  Category: Quality/Safety

  Provider Types: Academic Medical Center

  Provider Name: University of Maryland Capital Region Health