Case Study: Inspira Health Network reduces opioid prescribing with Inovalon’s VigiLanz Pharmacy Surveillance Pro

Inspira Health Network cuts opioid prescriptions 47.7% with Inovalon

Inspira Health Network, an acute care provider serving a rural New Jersey community deeply impacted by the opioid crisis, faced a challenge in extracting and calculating critical data like Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MMEs) from its EHR system. This limitation prevented proactive identification of prescribing trends. To address this, Inspira partnered with vendor Inovalon to implement a solution using its VigiLanz Pharmacy Surveillance Pro™.

The solution transformed fragmented EHR data into near real-time insights through an operational opioid stewardship dashboard. This enabled data-driven interventions across emergency, inpatient, and discharge settings. With Inovalon's tools, Inspira achieved measurable results, including a 47.7% reduction in opioid prescriptions at discharge and a 19% drop in ED opioid administrations between 2023 and 2025.

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