As a 700-bed healthcare system that provides care to patients in six states encompassing more than 10 percent of the continental United States, University of Utah Health’s patient population continues to grow annually – and so do the chances for medical records to be duplicated. To support their 1.1 million annual outpatient visits and 50,000 emergency room visits, University of Utah Health turned to Imprivata PatientSecure to fight patient misidentification and mitigate the costs associated with it.

Lexington, Mass.—April 13. 2015—A recent forum sponsored by Imprivata® (NYSE: IMPR), the healthcare IT security company, and hosted by the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium focused on two technology-based strategies—Prescription Monitoring Programs (PMPs) and Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS)—to help address the national opiate abuse epidemic.     

The panelists, who spoke to a full room of thought leaders from healthcare, government, academia and industry, included:

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