MEDITECH Announces Integrated Opioid Stewardship Toolkit

Feb. 11, 2019

In the wake of the opioid abuse epidemic sweeping communities across the United States, the Westwood, Mass.-based MEDITECH has announced the development of an integrated opioid identification management solution.

Mark Hagland

On Feb. 6, MEDITECH announced that “MEDITECH Expanse, the company’s interoperable, web-based Enterprise Health Record (EHR), now features an integrated Opioid Stewardship Toolkit that supports the efforts of healthcare organizations to identify high-risk patients, realize safer opioid prescribing, and reduce opioid-related harm. The toolkit was created in response to the rise in opioid overdose deaths, which just surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for Americans, according to the National Safety Council.”

In the company’s announcement, it quoted Dr. Upendra Thaker, associate CMO and anesthesiologist at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pa., as stating that “MEDITECH Expanse provides consistency and guidance so that anyone using the Opioid tool can appropriately follow CDC guidelines and minimize misuse of opioids, and also minimize the side effects of opioids.”

Aligned with all 12 CDC recommendations, the Opioid Stewardship Toolkit consists of evidence- and experience-based tools and clinical decision support interventions, along with best practice workflows and educational materials.

Conference attendees can learn more at MEDITECH’s Booth #3921 this week at HIMSS19 in Orlando.