The California Medical Association (CMA) has provided additional information concerning the changes related to controlled substance prescription forms. This article will supplement the previous Risk E-Notes and provide more information about this change.

What exactly are you required to do when you receive unsolicited diagnostic test results? California's regulatory requirements for physicians, or other licensed providers, are as follows.

During CAP's practice survey site visits with members, many questions arise about medication expiration dates, their validity, and what practices should do.

This week's Risk E-Notes will address the following question posed to the CAP Hotline: May our office staff or medical assistants approve e-prescribed refill requests from a pharmacy? 

According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), the number of accidental mix-ups of pediatric (DTaP) and adult (Tdap) vaccines used to immunize patients against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough) is alarming.