Shoring Up Security for Prescription Drug Database

Published July 9, 2013

Shoring up security for prescription drug database

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

The Florida Legislature created E-FORCSE in 2009 to crack down on a rampant problem with prescription drug abuse and doctor shopping. The database documents prescriptions for controlled substances and is supposed to be restricted to doctors, …
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Doctors' Extreme Prescribing — Footprints of Medicare Fraud?

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

ProPublica notes: “The study mirrors a ProPublica investigation last month that found Medicare had failed to protect patients from doctors and other health professionals who prescribed large quantities of potentially harmful, disorienting or addictive …
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Humorless Ohio AG mugs 'prescription' coffee cup

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Here's the issue: does a coffee mug that mimics a prescription bottle and says “Prescription Coffee, RX#: VRY-CAF-N8D, Drink one mug by mouth, repeat until awake and alert” make fun of prescription drug abuse? DeWine thinks so. “People die from …
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