Attached is the EFORCSE QUARTERLY DASHBOARD with performance measures on database access and reporting of controlled substances in key areas of compliance. The dashboard is an informative, visual snapshot of controlled substance dispensing and reporting by practitioners and pharmacies.
EFORCSE Controlled Substance Statistics – Charts and Data
This comprehensive dashboard report measures and monitors the success of the program in several other important areas, including EFORSCE queries by license type, and coroner reports regarding substance abuse related fatalities.
You can download the report by clicking the text hyperlink above or by clicking on the preview image here to your left.
We are pleased to see these statistics trending in the right direction on all key measures. With your support, we expect these trends to continue favorably through greater awareness and increased participation.
As always, the Foundation is extremely grateful for the support of all who help make the difference in the lives of many Florida families through their support. The dashboard report is a testament to their efforts!
We are happy to report that deaths related to oxycodone overdose dropped 25% in Florida after the state adopted the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) to track controlled substance dispensing.
Read more about the University of Florida’s study and findings, as reported by Rachel Lutz for the Pharmacy Times on April 20, 2015. The full story can be found here.
State Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong reappointed three members and approved four new members to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Foundation Board of Directors in September 2014. The board has nine members with two positions vacant as of January 2015.
Reappointed to two year terms were Dave Bowen, CEO, Automated Health Care Solutions, Miramar, Mike Ayotte, Vice President Legislative Affairs, CVS/Caremark, Midlothian, VA, and Karen Bailey, consumer advocate and realtor, Ocala, FL. Also, remaining on the board is Dr. Jill Rosenthal, Medical Director, Zenith Insurance, Boca Raton, term expires in July 2015.
New members appointed by Dr. Armstrong to two year terms included Dr. Lee Ann Brown, osteopathic physician, Clearwater, Dr. Daniel Gesek, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Jacksonville, Greg Nazareth, Director of Health and Wellness, Walmart, Doral, Sally West, Regional Director of Government Affairs, Walgreens, Tallahassee and Paul Melton, CEO, Zoe Scripts Lab Service, Palm Harbor.
At its October 2014 meeting in Orlando, the board elected the following members as officers: Bowen, Chair, Ayotte, Vice Chair, Bailey, Secretary and Nazareth, Treasurer.
The PDMP Foundation Board of Directors selected Robert Macdonald as its new executive director. Mr. Macdonald came to the foundation from the Florida Dental Association where he spent over 20 years as a senior director for both the association and its charitable foundation. He assumed his new role in December 2013.
FL PDMP Executive Director Bob Macdonald
Dave Bowen, PDMP Foundation chair selected Mr. Macdonald because of his background and experience in association management and fundraising.
“Bob brings a vast array of knowledge about operating a charitable foundation,” Bowen said. “His years spent in Tallahassee with the dental association managing several major projects and his contacts will benefit the PDMP Foundation and help it succeed in its mission to fund the operation of Florida’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database.”
At the FDA the new executive director managed several major projects including marketing of a statewide, self-funded dollar-based group dental plan; promotion of an elementary and middle school dental health curriculum; and coordination of a distance learning dental assisting education program.
With the Florida Dental Health Foundation Mr. Macdonald conducted the yearly annual giving campaign, major gifts and special events fundraisers including silent and live auctions and casino nights.
“I am looking forward to the challenge of working in a new health care area and providing the executive staff support for the foundation in order for it to meet all of its fundraising goals and objectives as a Direct Support Organization to the Department of Health” Macdonald said.
Mr. Macdonald is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a degree in Secondary Education and Journalism. He received his masters degree in Health Administration and Policy from the University of Cincinnati. The PDMP Foundation will move its headquarters to Seminole where the new executive director resides.