Controlled Substances news from FierceHealthIT
NewsState bill would force docs to check controlled substance database
Massachusetts legislators are voting today on a bill to require physicians to check a prescription-drug abuse database before prescribing pain meds. It's part of a larger statewide effort to rein in Read more...
States seek increase in monitoring of controlled substance prescriptions
Efforts in two states to force physicians who prescribe controlled substances to access a drug monitoring database prior to writing those prescriptions indicate that such databases aren't used Read more...
Pain docs push for standardization of state drug tracking systems
Though 41 states have enacted legislation to create databases to combat "pharm-aholics" and other regular seekers of addictive prescription drugs, there still are some major holes in plans to set up Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Tracking of controlled substances
California now has a statewide, web-based tool to track the use of narcotics and other controlled substances, in hopes of preventing duplication of prescriptions that could feed patient addictions. Read more...
MA hospital to send first e-Rx for controlled substances
The last great barrier to wide adoption of e-prescribing technology is falling, as Dr. Michael Blackman, CMIO of Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA, on Monday will send the first legal Read more...
Trend: E-prescribing on the rise despite problems
In the past, prescribing electronically was confusing to many doctors. Today, however, e-prescribing sounds like a reasonable idea, and its benefits--largely improving prescription accuracy and Read more...
Hackers demand $10M for VA prescription database
It is, unfortunately, the kind of spectacular crime that tends to encourage imitators. One or more black-hat hackers has apparently stolen millions of personal prescription records from a state Read more...
Trend: Number of doctors using e-prescribing grows
Getting doctors to use e-prescribing technology isn't happening quickly, even with government offering incentives and vendors offering free equipment and software. Still, it looks like something is Read more...
DEA releases e-prescribing regs for controlled drugs
After months of waffling, the Drug Enforcement Administration has finally come out with regulations that would allow doctors to prescribe controlled drugs such as opiates electronically. These regs Read more...
| Press ReleasesControlled Substances: Regulatory Changes Every Physician Should KnowFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Broad and Cassel Health Law Attorney Lester Perling and Attorney Alan Gassman of Gassman Law Associates, P.A. will be delivering valuable insights about the Read more >> SUPERVALU Pharmacies® Are First Nationwide Chain Approved to Accept E-Prescriptions for Controlled SubstancesCompany meets stringent requirements to accept e-prescriptions EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SUPERVALU Pharmacies are the first chain in the United States to meet stringent regulatory Read more >> Emdeon Announces Support for Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances Using the DEA-Allowed Quicker-to-Market ApproachEmdeon promotes use of a quicker, compliant adoption path for pharmacies and prescribers strapped with competing technology demandsNASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon Inc. (NYSE: Read more >> SAFE-BioPharma Selects Verizon to Manage Digital Identity ServicesVerizon is Now Supporting SAFE-BioPharma® Standard for Its Universal Identity Services for Healthcare NEW YORK & FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SAFE-BioPharma Association and Verizon today Read more >> Three States Sign on to Participate in NABP's Interconnected Prescription Monitoring SystemDeveloping System to Provide Nationwide Platform for Tracking Drug Diversion MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is Read more >> |
