Security Concerns In E-Prescribing

There has been significant growth in electronic prescriptions in the last three years. E-prescribing volume has exceeded 250 million and the number of prescribers routing prescriptions has exceeded 75,000. There has been a push from the federal government to increase e-prescriptions. There are many advantages to e-prescriptions. But, with these advantages there is also a concern regarding privacy and security of patient information.  The purpose of this research is to develop an understanding of the e-prescribing processes, point out security risks, and develop ideas to reduce or eliminate those security risks

Antipsychotic Drugs: Regulating Their Use in the Private Practice of Medicine

This Comment will address the problems of antipsychotic drug usage in two areas in which the private practice of psychiatry is involved: nursing homes and board and care homes. Although each of these areas present an entirely different set of problems, and concern different age groups, they both serve functions which had traditionally been that of the state hospitals before deinstitutionalization - treating the chronic mentally ill. Before considering the use of antipsychotic medication in nursing homes and board and care homes, the risk of side effects as a result of these drugs will be examined. It will be shown that negligent and even abusive use of these drugs occurs in the private practice of medicine, necessitating some type of medication regulation similar to that which is occurring in the public sector. The rights of doctors will also be addressed in conjunction with the state\u27s authority to intervene in the private practice of medicine

Antipsychotic Drugs: Regulating Their Use in the Private Practice of Medicine

This Comment will address the problems of antipsychotic drug usage in two areas in which the private practice of psychiatry is involved: nursing homes and board and care homes. Although each of these areas present an entirely different set of problems, and concern different age groups, they both serve functions which had traditionally been that of the state hospitals before deinstitutionalization - treating the chronic mentally ill. Before considering the use of antipsychotic medication in nursing homes and board and care homes, the risk of side effects as a result of these drugs will be examined. It will be shown that negligent and even abusive use of these drugs occurs in the private practice of medicine, necessitating some type of medication regulation similar to that which is occurring in the public sector. The rights of doctors will also be addressed in conjunction with the state\u27s authority to intervene in the private practice of medicine

Call to action: responding to New Hampshire\u27s prescription drug abuse epidemic

Report of prescription drug abueuse in New Hampshire