Tag: Drug abuse

Michael Burger

Enhancing Today’s Health IT to Stem the Tide of Opioid Abuse

By Michael Burger, Senior Consultant I read with interest Joel White’s Op-Ed piece entitled Leverage the Power of Health IT to Stem the Tide of Opioid Abuse. One statement stood …

Massachusetts’ New Law to Combat Opioid Deaths Could Affect EHR and Pharmacy Systems

By Connie Sinclair, Director, Regulatory Resource Center Massachusetts recently enacted comprehensive legislation to help combat opioid abuse deaths, which have reached crisis proportions in the Bay State and around the …

Stopping Physician Overprescribing

By Maria Friedman, Senior Consultant The war on drug abuse is taking a turn with the growing spotlight on physician overprescribing. More fuel has been thrown on the fire with new …