Tuesday July 17, 10am EDT
This webcast
will focus on Indiana's statewide toxicology testing program that requires
Indiana coroners to perform toxicology screenings as of July 1, 2018, on any
person who is suspected of dying from a drug overdose. This webinar will cover
why this requirement became law during the last legislative session, why it is
important and present some preliminary findings. It will also feature an
explanation of how coroners should dull out death certificates based on
toxicology findings. To register for free, please visit https://indiana_tox.eventbrite.com.
The 2017 Quarter 4 and the 2018 Quarter 1 INSPECT reports are now
available for viewing on ISDH’s Overdose
Prevention website. Reports are available for all 92 Indiana counties. Users
can simply scroll over the county they are interested in viewing and click on
that county to choose which report they want to view. Each county report
provides information such as the volume and type of opioid prescriptions
dispensed in that quarter.
Researchers from Biobot Analytics have developed technology that can
measure traces of drugs in sewers. Water sampling robots can test stool and
urine found in the water supply to see what opioids have passed through the
human body and eliminated as waste. The robots can distinguish between drugs
that were ingested and drugs that were flushed down the toilet. The data
collected could help cities and counties to better understand the types of
opioids circulating in their communities.
INSPECT, Indiana’s prescription drug monitoring program, has been
integrating its data within Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems since August
2017. The integration eliminates the need for providers to leave their workflow
to access the INSPECT web portal to check a patient’s controlled substance
prescription history. This integration is being phased in for more healthcare
providers over the next three years, starting with emergency departments and
pain clinics by January 2019. Healthcare administrators who are interested in
this integration within their healthcare facilities need to register here.
After registration, Appriss Health will contact you and/or your EHR/pharmacy
management system vendor with next steps.
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