by priyatham | Feb 1, 2017 | Prescription Advisory Blog
Here is an example of the Board of Medical Examiners using PDMP history in the complaint process resulting in the practice shutting down. The record of PDMP checks is there, and a few states are starting to look at their mandated use requirements and the gaps between...
by priyatham | Feb 1, 2017 | Featured News
Dr. Murphy reported to the board that both clinic sites see roughly 100 to 120 patients per day and checks the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database (PDMP) 20-30 times each day. However, the board points to information from the database, which is starkly...
by priyatham | Jan 24, 2017 | Prescription Advisory Blog
BMJ recently published an analysis of opioid prescribing among Medicare patients -“Opioid prescribering by multiple providers in Medicare: retrospective observational study of insurance claims”. A couple of things jumped out: Just over two thirds of opioid...
by priyatham | Jan 18, 2017 | Featured News
Fraction of Americans With Drug Addiction Receive Treatment, Surgeon General Says – NY Times The majority of people who misuse substances do not develop a use disorder, the report said. But roughly one in seven Americans — 14.6 percent of the population — are...
by priyatham | Jan 18, 2017 | Prescription Advisory Blog
Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, our Surgeon General, recently released a report that, among other things, highlights the gap between the widespread substance use disorder problems the country faces and the relatively small amount of abuse treatment. Here’s an excerpt from...
