NextGen Healthcare Partners with Appriss Health to Combat Substance Use Disorder
Summary
“As a responsible healthcare information technology leader, we partnered with Appriss Health to ensure small practice providers using NextGen Office can more effectively identify, prevent and manage substance use disorder.” According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, of U.S. residents abusing controlled substances, 20% source their supply from a prescriber and 2% from multiple doctors. “We are pleased to partner with NextGen Healthcare on this important integration initiative,” said Rob Cohen, President of Appriss Health. The companys portfolio delivers foundational capabilities to empower physician success, enrich the patient care experience, and enable the transition to value-based healthcare. It provides state government agencies with the most advanced repository of controlled substance dispensing data and delivers real-time clinical decision support, critical insights, and interventions to physicians, pharmacists, and care team members. Its solutions help prescribers and dispensers assess and manage clinical risk by providing access to critical information at the point of care for hundreds of millions of patient encounters each year.