UPDATE! ACOG Committee Opinion: Emergent Therapy for Acute-Onset, Severe Hypertension During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

ABSTRACT: Acute-onset, severe systolic hypertension; severe diastolic hypertension; or both can occur during the prenatal, intrapartum, or postpartum periods. Pregnant women or women in the postpartum period with acute-onset, severe…

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New Professional Resource: MotherToBaby Provides Information About Medications During Pregnancy and Lactation

MotherToBaby, a service of the non-profit Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, is dedicated to providing evidence-based information to mothers, health care professionals, and the general public about medications and other…

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Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP): Mandatory check required beginning Nov. 1

HB 1948, Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) goes into effect November 1, 2015.  The legislation clarifies language related to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Act and establishes a Prescription Monitoring Program…

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