PDMP goes online!

Attached a link http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/01/2385732/fla-prescription-data-base-goes.html to an article from today's Miami Herald titled " Fla. prescription database goes into operation" highlighting the fact that as of September 1st Florida's prescription drug tracking system finally was up and running. That means that dispensers and pharmacies must upload their prescription data for Schedule II to IV to the database. Rebecca Poston, the system's program director in the Department of Health said that "Everything is working wonderful, I have not heard of any glitches related to the dispensers registering or uploading information in the system."
The Department of Health will not begin registering doctors and pharmacists until Oct 1, nor will they be able to get information out of the database until Oct. 17. In my opinion the registration and training process should start now and be phased in either by region, or other criteria to be determined by the Department to allow for a smooth transition and to motivate doctors to use the system. Its not too late to do that but leaving it until October 1st is cutting it too short.
Yours
Bernd