Saturday, June 7, 2025
6/7/2025
Health Exchange Leveraging PDMP (HELP) for Texans - The Health Exchange Leveraging PDMP (HELP) for Texans Project will work to make PDMP data available to providers at the point of care which will demonstrate a reduction in unnecessary prescribing, curb drug seeking behaviors, and prevent the social and enforcement costs of these activities. This will be accomplished through a pilot project in the Greater Houston region, the promotion of wider interoperability, and the development of a statewide PDMP/HIT Plan. There are three primary goals of the project: 1) the state's newly-electronic enabled PDMP will work through the technical, legal, and cultural barriers to create interoperability with two greater Houston area health information exchanges (HIE) through a pilot project. The pilot project will demonstrate the value of PDMP/HIE integration and provide lessons learned that can be applied to the state's 10 additional local HIEs and the numerous hospital-based systems located throughout the state; 2) the state will work to promote this type of interoperability by actively disseminating information to Texas stakeholders and participating in interstate activities; and 3) HELP for Texans will also create a statewide plan for PDMP/HIT integration that will build on the benefits captured in the pilot, lessons learned from projects in other states, and the needs and inputs of a wide range of Texas providers.
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