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Bill Foster: “There was not a unique patient identifier made it impossible to identify a patient who was getting multiple opioid…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2020
There was not a unique patient identifier made it impossible to identify a patient who was getting multiple opioid prescriptions
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the lack of a unique patient identifier contributing to healthcare issues.

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