Scott Gibbs, MD, is the founder of the Brain and NeuroSpine Clinic of Missouri and serves as director of Southeast Missouri Hospital's Brain and Spine Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Manatee County in Florida this week approved a new ordinance designed to regulate existing pain clinics in the county and cut down on those that sell prescription drugs for profit, according to a Bradenton Herald report.
While electronic health records have been shown to increase patient safety by eliminating handwriting problems and expediting pharmacy orders, physicians are still working to reduce key errors in the implementation process, according to an iHealthBeat report.
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