Background We aimed to identify the indicators of healthcare fraud and abuse in general physicians’ drug prescription claims, and to identify a subset of general physicians that were more likely to have committed fraud and abuse.   Methods We applied data mining approach to a major health insurance organization dataset of private sector general physicians’ prescription claims. It involved 5 ste...

Surveillance is critical for both early detection and a timely public health response to infectious diseases. Electronic information systems have been widely adopted by pharmacies in Japan. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using prescription data for influenza surveillance in Japan to facilitate the development of a daily reporting system. This is a retrospective study us...

data about the prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases, as one of the most important categories of epidemiological data, is used for interpreting health status of communities. this study aims to calculate the prevalence of outpatient diseases through the characterization of outpatient prescriptions. the data used in this study is collected from 1412 prescriptions for various ty...

conclusions findings reveal a significant degree of prescription errors, emphasizing the need for stringent surveillance. results a total of 227 case notes were reviewed, 129 (56.8%) of which belonged to male patients. no medication was prescribed for 13 patients, whereas 697 drug prescriptions (excluding intravenous fluids) were given for 214 patients, equaling 3.25 drugs/patient; antibiotics ...

conclusions the sophistication of electronic prescription and integration with ehr will become a reality, if all its stakeholders collaborate in developing fast and secure electronic prescription systems. it is plausible that the required infrastructure should be provided for implementation of the national integrated electronic prescription systems in countries without the system. given the bar...

introduction: irrational drug prescription is a controversial issue around the world that inter-feres not only with the patient's life but also with the society and economy. despite few studies, there is no enough data on the prescription ha bits of dental practitioners. so, we aimed at eva luating the same issue in rasht, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional re-trospective st...

abstract background: the aim of this study is to evaluate the dimensional accuracy of mbt (mclaughlin, bennett and trevisi ) brackets manufactured by two different companies (american orthodontics and ortho organizers) and determine variations in incorporation of values in relation to tip and torque in these products. methods: in the present analytical/descriptive study, sixty-four maxillary ri...

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1. General Medical Council (2001); Good Medical Practice (3rd edn). http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/library/duties of a doctor.asp (last accessed 7 September 2006). 2. General Medical Council (2004); Confidentiality: Protecting and Providing Information. http://www.gmcuk.org/guidance/library/confidentiality.asp (last accessed 19 September 2006). 3. General Medical Council (2001); Good Medical Pr...

BACKGROUND Despite increasing knowledge about the limited effectiveness and severe adverse effects, the prescription rate of psychotropic medications in frail elderly persons remains high. Prescriptions are mainly made to control behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, although factors associated with prescriptions are rarely reported. However, such information is a prerequisite to d...