taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor) (07/01/86)
-------- This article is from Dave Taylor <taylor@hplabs.HP.COM> and was received on Sat Jun 28 13:39:30 1986 -------- [from "U.S.News and World Report", June 27th, 1986, page 63] "Computers are becoming detectives in the crackdown on doctors who illegallly prescrive amphetamines and other drugs. Two years ago, Florida pharmacies and hopitals began using a computerized prescription-tracking system. Called Prescription Abuse Data Synthesis, it is now used in 22 states. As a result, AMA doctors report, licenses of 150 physicians have been revoked, and 500 more under investigation. Also, PADS has caused a 30 to 70 percent drop in use of commonly abused prescription drugs and a 1 percent reduction of medicaid spending due to false health-insurance claims. That amounts to about $11 million in savings for Michigan alone."