As America continues to face a national public health crisis with prescription drug abuse, the use of paper prescriptions for these highly addictive controlled substances only contributes to the problem. A major issue with printed paper prescriptions is that they advertise prescribers’ DEA numbers in full view. This can lead to fraudulent use of DEA numbers and improper access to these medications.

Healthcare IT security leader recognized at annual Cerner Health Conference

Lexington, Mass. – Nov. 2, 2017—Imprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, today proudly announced its receipt of Cerner’s Partner of the Year Award, bestowed recently at the 2017 Cerner Health Conference (CHC) in Kansas City. The award is given annually to the organization that embodies key characteristics of collaboration, innovations, and strategic alignment with Cerner and clients.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) should increase the use of electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), according to one of the 56 recommendations presented to President Donald Trump on Wednesday by The Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.

In Is the Quality Payment Program the most disruptive feature of MACRA?, two different provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) were compared, considering which might actually be more disruptive to healthcare stakeholders.