2021-2022 PDMP Annual Report

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Annual Report | 2021-22 7 Program Operation The purpose of E-FORCSE® is to collect and store dispensing information for controlled substances listed in schedules II, III, IV, and V, as defined in section 893.03, Florida Statutes, and provide the information maintained in the system to health care practitioners to augment their clinical decision making. Reporting Section 893.055, Florida Statutes, requires dispensers to report specific information to E- FORCSE® each time controlled substance dispensing occurs. This controlled substance dispensing information must be reported to the electronic system as soon as possible but no later than the close of the next business day. Access Section 893.055(4), Florida Statutes, authorizes a prescriber, dispenser, or a designee of a prescriber or dispenser to have access to information in the E-FORCSE® database which relates to a patient of that prescriber or dispenser. Section 893.055(8), Florida Statutes, requires a prescriber or dispenser or a designee to consult and review a patient's controlled substance dispensing history before prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance for a patient 16 years or older. Data Warehouse Through a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant-funded initiative, the PDMP has implemented a cloud-based Business Intelligence (BI) solution called E-FORCSE® Insight (EFI). EFI relies on a centralized data warehouse to store controlled substance dispensing history for analysis. The data is refreshed daily in support of a near real-time uploading function. EFI will significantly enhance the existing reporting strategy for all stakeholders in a more timely and insightful way by regularly communicating key performance indicators and program metrics via dashboards, scorecards, and other interactive visualizations. Augmented by machine learning and data science, a primary goal of the new capability is empowering advanced analytics, including developing a predictive model leading to more effective surveillance policies, techniques, monitoring, and risk mitigation. In addition, new data sources will be added to keep pace with technological advancements and thought leadership in the PDMP community.