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Deal Reached on NY Prescription Drug Oversight
New York officials announced a deal Tuesday on legislation to establish tighter online oversight of prescription drugs to help curb the black market fueled by painkiller addictions and doctor shopping.
The measure would make New York one of the first states to establish mandatory online reporting of prescriptions in real time when they're filled by pharmacists. Doctors would have to check a patient's database history before prescribing painkillers.
While most states require weekly reporting, Oklahoma has real-time reporting by pharmacists. Officials said that New York's current system requires reporting by pharmacists within 45 days and reporting by physicians is voluntary.
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Source: Syracuse.com/Associated Press
Laundromats as a New Frontier in Community Health, Medicaid Outreach
May 29th 2025Lindsey Leininger, PhD, and Allister Chang, MPA, highlight the potential of laundromats as accessible, community-based settings to support Medicaid outreach, foster trust, and connect families with essential health and social services.
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LLMs Show Promise, But Challenges Remain in Improving Inefficient Clinical Trial Screening
July 31st 2025Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 may offer a solution to the costly and inefficient process of manual clinical trial screening, which is often hindered by the inability of structured electronic health record data to capture all necessary criteria.
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Inside the Center's MDD Value Model and Its Use of Dynamic Pricing
May 13th 2025Larragem Raines, MS, of the Center for Innovation & Value Research, discusses the organization's major depressive disorder (MDD) open-source value model, dynamic pricing, and the future role of artificial intelligence in care.
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