On January 17, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly published two final ...

When patients are unable to obtain medications due to a prescription denial, they may be hospitalized or visit the ED due to an exacerbation of their chronic conditions. For example, a patient ...

Over half of prescribing outcomes significantly improved following ... Academic detailing was combined with audit and feedback (32%), patient education (17%), electronic health record decision support ...

On January 17, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two rules regarding telemedicine prescribing of controlled ...

Trump rescinded Executive Order 14087, "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans," which directed Medicare and Medicaid agencies to research and implement models for lowering the costs of ...

The mystery to GPs is why hospitals have been so slow to follow our example. From our perspective ... generates the need for an urgent prescription from the GP. These problems, and more, would be ...

There is an alternative. Introduced by the U.K. in 2019, social prescribing connects patients to community services that improve their health. Instead of writing prescriptions for pills ...

Following robust monitoring, any pharmacy using the suppliers' software will be able to use the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), providing they have completed a number of readiness activities.

An Oakton-based doctor pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 to improperly prescribing opioid and amphetamine pills after failing to properly assess patients. David Allingham, who owns Oakton Primary Care ...

DEA’s Proposed Rule for Telehealth Controlled Substance Prescribing The DEA recently proposed a rule aimed at regulating the telehealth prescribing of controlled substances. This rule is specifically ...

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