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file Can new Digital Health tools change prescribing patterns in NL ?

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5 years 8 months ago #4732 by Rashaad Bhyat
CBC News reports on new technologies being tested in Newfoundland and Labrador, that may help reduce the high rate of misuse and over-prescribing of potentially harmful medications including sedatives, narcotics, and antibiotics.

Among them are a new decision support app called Spectrum, as well as Infoway's electronic prescribing service, PrescribeIT.

Read all the details here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/prescription-overuse-nl-1.5026919

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