Indian-Origin Doctor Convicted in $2.3 million healthcare fraud case Kajal Rajput18 April 2025 12:45 PM ISTNew York: A U.S. federal court in Pennsylvania has convicted an Indian-origin doctor for his involvement in multiple healthcare frauds,...
IMA pledges support as HC deliberates on Doctors' illegible handwriting Sanchari Chattopadhyay5 March 2025 1:15 PM ISTChandigarh: The case of illegible handwriting in medical prescriptions has taken a positive turn, as the Indian Medical Association (IMA) president...
High Rate of Prescription Deviations in Indian Tertiary Hospitals; Experts Recommend Training and Policy Changes Nidhi Srivastava10 Aug 2024 6:45 AM ISTIndia: An article in the Indian Journal of Medical Research has highlighted a recent evaluation of prescription practices in tertiary care...
45 per cent of doctors give incomplete prescriptions: ICMR study Kajal Rajput15 April 2024 5:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: A study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found that 45 per cent of prescriptions deviated from standard...
Orissa HC slams doctors, directs prescriptions, medico-legal reports in legible handwriting Roshni Dhar9 Jan 2024 6:00 PM ISTHighlighting the difficulty faced by the common men or judicial officers to understand the 'zigzag handwriting' by the doctors, the Orissa High Court...
Doctors must display registration number on lab reports, prescriptions, certificates, money receipts: NMC Roshni Dhar4 Oct 2022 7:00 PM ISTWhile replying to a Right to Information application, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has recently stated that it is mandatory for the doctors...
Health Bulletin 3/October/2022 Roshni Dhar3 Oct 2022 5:24 PM ISTHere are the top health news for the day:NMC seeks report on suicides by medicos, directs institutes to submit data Taking cognizance of the...
Cattle smuggling case: Govt Doctor compelled to prescribe 14 days of bed rest to TMC Minister Revu suresh13 Aug 2022 12:00 PM ISTThe minister, TMC Birbhum president had been avoiding the summons by CBI citing health problems. The minister had attached copies of two prescriptions...
Walmart, CVS to halt filling prescriptions for controlled substances Ruchika Sharma27 May 2022 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Walmart Inc and CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday they will stop filling prescriptions for controlled substances issued by telehealth...
Tamil Nadu: Medical Council to come up with new app for doctors MD Bureau7 May 2022 9:15 AM ISTChennai: The Tamil Nadu state medical council will launch an app for doctors that will standardize the prescriptions and other documents like leave...
Handwritten Prescriptions OUT, Now Computerized Prescriptions MUST- Uttarakhand HC Orders Garima15 Sept 2018 4:51 PM ISTPrescribe Generic and in the Computerised formatNainital: Handwritten prescriptions may soon lose their validity in the hilly state since the...
Doctors get 40 percent cut for Pharmacy Specific Prescriptions: Intelligence report Garima3 April 2018 10:18 PM ISTPunjab: Shocking revelations have been made by a recent investigation done by the intelligence wing of the punjab police, pointing out to a...
