Saturday, June 7, 2025
6/7/2025
The Florida Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Electronic Health Record Expansion Project - The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) proposes a strategy to improve its existing PDMP by: 1) incorporating real-time access to PDMP data through a series of pilot projects partnering with an emergency department, primary care clinic, and pharmacy using existing health technology systems; and 2) enhancing interoperability with other states by expanding access to Florida licensed health care practitioners' access to other state PDMP data. As the first pilot project, the PDMP will partner with a county health department (CHD) which provides primary care services to the uninsured, and has a high volume of patients dealing with the challenges of addictive behaviors. Integrating the PDMP data into the EHR of a CHD will to expand real-time access and promote utilization. If the pilot project is deemed successful, the integration of PDMP data into the EHR may be expanded to 66 additional CHDs, impacting over one million patients each year. The second project will integrate PDMP data into the Bureau of Statewide Pharmacy Services (BSPS) pharmacy dispensing system (PDS) which supports the pharmaceutical services provided by the CHDs. The integration of the PDMP data into the PDS will impact approximately 11,270 patients each year. The third project will integrate PDMP data into the EHR of the emergency department at Tampa General Hospital using an algorithm that scores the patient according to risk parameters for narcotics, sedatives and stimulants, generating a NARX Report. Incorporating PDMP data into these existing technologies is expected to impact approximately 139,270 patients during each year of the pilot project. FDOH is in the process of negotiating Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to increase interoperability by planning, initiating, and implementing interstate data sharing agreements focusing on geographic neighboring states, and states that have large quantities of prescription drugs prescribed by Florida prescribers.
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