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Using Electronic Medical Records to Combat the U.S. Opioid Crisis
In 2017, President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency. According to the most recent data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 40% of all U.S. opioid deaths in 2016 involved a prescription opioid, with more than 46 people dying every day from overdoses involving prescription opioids. While stakeholders across the healthcare continuum are fighting the opioid crisis on many fronts, optimizing electronic medical records (EMR) technology has become a significant legislative and regulatory priority in this battle. More ›
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