A New York bill intended to crack down on prescription drug overdoses continues to draw criticism from state healthcare providers, according to a Forbes report.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last year unveiled the Internet System for Tracking Overprescribing (I-STOP) bill, which would require physicians to review a patient’s prescription history prior to issuing new prescriptions and report every new written prescription in a centralized online database.
The Medical Society of the State of New York, representing 30,000 physicians, agrees with the goal of the legislation but argues that mandatory patient record checking and prescription reporting would create undue administrative burdens for doctors.
Currently, physicians are not required to track written prescriptions.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last year unveiled the Internet System for Tracking Overprescribing (I-STOP) bill, which would require physicians to review a patient’s prescription history prior to issuing new prescriptions and report every new written prescription in a centralized online database.
The Medical Society of the State of New York, representing 30,000 physicians, agrees with the goal of the legislation but argues that mandatory patient record checking and prescription reporting would create undue administrative burdens for doctors.
Currently, physicians are not required to track written prescriptions.
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