NewYork-Presbyterian and Splunk to Implement New Approach to Guard Against Misuse of Controlled Substances, Including Opioids Misuse

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“At a time when overdose deaths are at crisis levels across the country and in New York City, largely due to the opioid epidemic, healthcare providers have a responsibility to safeguard against any potential diversion of drugs,” said Jennings Aske, senior vice president and chief information security officer at NewYork-Presbyterian. For example, the Splunk platform will immediately alert NewYork-Presbyterian if a physician were to prescribe a controlled substance to a patient not currently in the care of the hospital, or if a pharmacy technician were to use an automated dispensary cabinet more often than his or her peers. The enhanced Splunk privacy platform will add even more safeguards, including the ability to issue alerts in real time if someone were to inappropriately view patient records. “Splunk is excited to work with NewYork-Presbyterian as it leads the way in helping to fight the opioid crisis with data analytics,” said Haiyan Song, senior vice president and general manager of security markets at Splunk. NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the nation’s most comprehensive, integrated academic healthcare delivery systems, whose organizations are dedicated to providing the highest quality, most compassionate care and service to patients in the New York metropolitan area, nationally, and throughout the globe.

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