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Enable Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Gateway and Report Review

Before you begin

Before you enable Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) gateway, you must have the PDMP gateway login credentials from Bamboo Health.

You can enable the PDMP gateway so that users with PDMP security rights can request for and view a patient’s PDMP report. When you enable the PDMP gateway and the State PDMP, the PDMP and the PDMP Viewed via State Portal buttons in the Medications module becomes available to the authorized users.

  1. In File Maintenance, from Master Files > System > EHR, select Practices.
    The Practices List window opens.
  2. On the Practices List window, double-click a practice.
    The Modify Practice Information window opens.
  3. On the Modify Practice Information window, select Preferences.
    The Practice Preferences window opens.
  4. On the Practice Preferences window, select Medication in the Preference List.
  5. In the PDMP Details section, select Enable PDMP Gateway.

  6. Enter the PDMP Gateway login credentials.
    Based on the configuration of login credentials, a user can:
    • View the detailed PDMP report of a patient.
    • View the detailed PDMP report along with NarxCare scores of a patient.
    • View PDMP reports of multiple states for a patient based on guidelines of the states.
  7. Select PDMP Review Required, if a state or practice requires users to view a patient’s PDMP report before they can send, fax, print a prescription or refill for a controlled substance.
  8. Select Enable State PDMP.
    The PDMP Viewed via State Portal button becomes available in the Medications module.