The budget is before the House. We are going through the budget. Hopefully we'll do Health and Social Services in the next couple of days. There is no money for the implementation of a prescription drug monitoring program in this budget, but we do have the steering committee. We do fund the work they're doing within existing resources, and that work is going to continue. We are still moving forward; we are still quantifying what a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program will cost. We are looking at how to incorporate e-Health and electronic medical records, and we are working with pharmacies to find out how we're going to make that linkage with them to make sure that the information is readily available but not contravening things like the Health Information Act.
Glen Abernethy on Question 159-18(2): Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
In the Legislative Assembly on June 3rd, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 159-18(2): Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Oral Questions
June 2nd, 2016
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