Netsmart & American Well Partner To Address The Opioid Crisis At HIMSS19

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (February 17, 2019) – Netsmart, a provider of electronic health records (EHRs), solutions and services to more than 25,000 behavioral health, social services, and post-acute organizations and American Well®, a leading U.S. telehealth platform, debuted a new approach to addressing the growing opioid crisis in the United States, as part of the Interoperability Showcase at the 2019 HIMSS Conference Feb. 11-14 in Orlando, Florida.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), roughly 11.4 million people misuse prescription opioids and an estimated 130 people die each day from opioid-related . . .