Prescription database: a new tool in drug fight.
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Since July 2008, the state Department of Consumer Protection Prescription Monitoring Program has been gathering controlled substance prescription information from pharmacies through a database accessible to prescribers and pharmacists. It requires all Connecticut licensed pharmacies to upload their prescription information twice a month. “Our goal is to have every licensed prescriber and pharmacist in Connecticut using the system within the next couple of years.”
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Connecticut medicine
دوره 74 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010