Yes. Providers are encouraged to discuss K-TRACS reports with patients to educate them about how they use K-TRACS in their clinical decision-making. If the report highlights any concerns, these should be discussed with the patient.
Providers should not give a copy of the report to the patient — the patient can request a copy directly from K-TRACS.
No. K-TRACS should only be used for the medical and pharmaceutical care of a patient or a prospective patient. Providers may use K-TRACS to search for patients requesting admission to their practice and/or seeking to transfer medications to their pharmacy for the first time.
Never use K-TRACS to search for anyone not a patient under your care, including prospective employees, family members or yourself.
No. Providers should not use K-TRACS on its own to make any clinical decision. Providers should not use a K-TRACS patient report as the basis for denying a patient admission to their practice or to dismiss a patient from their practice. Other clinical tools should be consulted before making these decisions.
K-TRACS is one of many clinical tools you can use to inform your decision-making process. It should be consulted in tandem with many other tools to make the best clinical decision for the patient.
No. Providers should not use any single element on the K-TRACS patient report to deny access to care. Providers should take into consideration all clinical tools at their disposal to make the best clinical decision for the patient.
Risk scores displayed on the K-TRACS patient report are meant to alert providers of potentially risky use of controlled substances. The scores should not be used as the sole source of a clinical decision.
K.S.A. 65-1683 provides for the following cases in which a user's access may be removed:
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