The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have dropped a mandate that any vendor planning to bid on the pharmacy system for the integrated electronic health record use a drug database supplied by ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Databank, Inc. (FDB), the leading provider of drug and medical device knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise decisions, has been ...

Americans are facing more shortages of the drugs they need for medical care than ever before, a national pharmacy database shows. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the University ...

The FDA released Feb. 24 the first version of the Purple Book, a new online database of biological product information. The Purple Book is modeled after the Orange Book, a list of every prescription ...

Prescription drug prices can vary dramatically from pharmacy to pharmacy — and now New Mexicans have a way to see those differences before they get to the register.A new feature added to the state’s ...

COLUMBIA- A bill waiting on Governor Mike Parson's desk involves a newly implemented prescription drug database. If signed, the database would be a way for doctors to keep a record of certain opioid ...

For more than 20 years, the University of Washington has been home to a database built, maintained and expanded around the goal of helping to prevent health complications from adverse drug reactions, ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri on Wednesday launched a statewide database of opioid prescriptions aimed at helping doctors identify possible addiction. Under the program, pharmacists now must ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration can gain access to records in a database the state of New Hampshire maintains of opioids and other drugs prescribed to patients statewide without a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - All 49 states except Missouri have what is known as a “Prescription Drug Monitoring Program,” or more commonly known as a PDMP. Earlier this week, the Missouri state Senate ...

Investigators would have to get subpoenas to access prescription drug records stored in a controversial statewide database under a Senate proposal up for debate next week. Senate Health Policy ...

OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. Overdoses don't happen just to heroin addicts; patients who legally use strong painkillers called opioids are at risk in the ...