prescription drug abuse
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Health Tech
A tech-enabled solution to drug diversion: What to do when a provider steals a patient’s medication
Unfortunately, too many patients go without prescribed medication because healthcare professionals – a distinct minority but no small number – “divert” the drugs for other uses, often abusing the medication themselves.
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Walgreens puts drug disposal kiosks in 50 California stores to fight Rx abuse
While states ponder mandatory e-prescribing and hospitals flag medical records as a way to curb prescription drug abuse, pharmacy chains are trying to do their part.
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Morning Read: Healthcare workers routinely stealing prescription drugs
Also, Boston Children’s Hospital integrates KidsMD with the Amazon Echo and Epic Systems wins $940 million judgment against Indian IT firm.
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Hospital ERs adopt drug-use tracking systems to prevent prescription drug abuse
With levels of prescription drug abuse increasing, hospitals are putting in place new protocols to prevent over-prescribing.
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Should Controlled Substances Be E-Prescribed?
For years, people have made jokes about doctors’ notorious bad handwriting. While the jokes may […]
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Zohydro: New pain med sounds like a many-headed monster – literally
Maybe the FDA put a hidden meaning in the name of the new pain drug […]
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DEA releases 2013 Drug Threat Assessment Summary
By Karla L. Palmer – On Monday, November 18, 2013, DEA released the 2013 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary, which provides an assessment of the threat posed to the United States by trafficking and abuse of illicit substances and non-medical…