Saturday, June 7, 2025
6/7/2025
Maine PMP EHR Integration and Interoperability - The overall purpose of Maine's Prescription Monitoring Program EHR Integration and Interoperability project is to provide a more efficient method for healthcare providers who use an Electronic Health Record (EHR) to have a more complete picture of their patient's healthcare history. EHR Integration and interoperability between states and systems will help to improve patient care; preventing negative health outcomes, and assist in helping providers in providing intervention and referral to treatment when there is a suspected problem. Those healthcare providers who do not have access to an EHR will still receive a more complete prescription history of patients who receive prescriptions outside of Maine by entering through the PMP portal. Project goals include: improve access to the Prescription Monitoring Program and provide a more complete patient history to health care providers; improve patient care - by end of grant period; and provide additional enhancements to the PMP system. Project objectives include interoperability with 8 states; integration with the State's Health Information Exchange, which links 34 medical provider system EHR's under one hub; increase the number of providers registered (90% of providers) and using (10% increase) the PMP; decreasing (by 5%) the number of unsolicited reports sent out; increase the number of referrals made to substance abuse treatment; upgrading the system to ASAP 4.2; and enhancing options available to providers. The potential reach of this project is the entire population of Maine (approximately 1,328,000), as well as possibly some New Hampshire residents who access healthcare in Maine. The HIE currently has approximately 77% of all Mainers in the system with an EHR; and over 52% of licensed medical providers are registered with the PMP; and all pharmacies dispensing to Maine residents report in the PMP (excluding the Veterans Administration and methadone clinics).
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).