A deal is imminent on a plan requiring physicians and pharmacists to check a “real-time” database before prescribing certain drugs, such as addictive pain killers.
Besides requiring physicians and pharmacists to participate in the real-time tracking program—designed to cut down on doctor-shopping by people trying to load up on narcotics—the impending deal also would make New York the first state in the nation to mandate that doctors move to an all-electronic drug prescription system.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/special-reports/rx-for-danger/article888506.ece
Source: Buffalo News.com – June 6, 2012