Calif.'s Prescription-Drug Monitoring System Feels Pain From Budget Cuts

Dozens of states electronically track the prescriptions for powerful narcotics like Vicodin and OxyContin to root out pill-shopping patients and unscrupulous doctors. But in California, a relentless budget crisis is threatening that system and causing Read More...

Read the complete post at http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/04/10/149943047/calif-s-prescription-drug-monitoring-system-feels-pain-from-budget-cuts?ft=1&f=103537970


Posted Apr 10 2012, 12:43 AM by Shots - Health Blog