Healthcare professionals providing medical care while impaired is a significant problem for hospitals and the organizations that own and operate them. Recently, there has been a significant rise in the rates of theft and diversion of controlled drugs attributed to hospital employees. It is critical for hospitals to have easy access to medications to remain operational, without them they would not be able to function. However, the regulations enforced by the DEA mandate that hospitals secure and safeguard these drugs to detect and prevent theft and diversion. Typically as medications flow through a hospital from the pharmacy until administered, dispensed and or wasted, they are handled by employees with different responsibilities and often little if any oversight. The Pharma Compliance Group has developed the “Trust but Verify Hospital Compliance Program” to assist hospitals recognize and reconcile drug theft and or loss before a significant problem develops.
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