Keep Patients Safe with Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP)



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Before prescribing prescription drugs to their patients, physicians in many states are required to check their state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database as a safeguard against the diversion and abuse of prescription medications. The rules vary from state to state, as well as which medications are covered by such programs, but most include a broad range of narcotics, tranquilizers, and stimulants.
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La Clinica de Familia & its 155 Providers Transition to the eClinicalWorks cloud-centric EHR



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Health Center in New Mexico to implement eClinicalWorks EHR for medical, dental and behavioral health WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—September 19, 2018—eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announces that La Clinica de Familia (LCDF), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, will transition to the eClinicalWorks cloud-centric EHR solution for its 155 providers across 19 locations, including five school-based clinics. Use of the cloud-based technology will support care coordination between providers, staff and patients to enhance communication and improve the delivery of care. “LCDF seeks to systematically […]
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