New health IT effort aimed at reducing prescription drug abu

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New health IT effort aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse to be tested in Indiana and Ohio
06/21/2012 01:01 AM EDT

Existing prescription drug use data will be made available to providers and pharmacists when treating patients in ambulatory and emergency departments through a new pilot program launched today by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
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