Maybe Real Time Prescription Monitoring Is Not All It Is Cracked Up To Be.

This week we have had more calls for prescription monitoring:See here:Queensland needs real-time prescription monitoring 'urgently', coroner says, amid opioid deathsBy Michelle RaffertyA prescription monitoring system to prevent "doctor shopping" in Queensland is needed urgently within the next two years, rather than the state waiting for a national scheme to come online, an inquest into four opioid deaths has found.Coroner James McDougall examined the deaths of William House, Jodie Anne Smith, Vanessa Joan White and Daniel Keith Milne between 2012 and 2014.Medical bodies including the Australian Medical Association and the Pharmacy Guild have repeatedly called for a real-time monitoring system to be introduced in Queensland to prevent addicts from visiting different doctors to collect multiple opioid prescriptions.There are already moves towards a national monitoring system, after Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced $16 million in funding for one last July.But Mr McDougall... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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