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ROCKVILLE, Md.--DrFirst, a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions, announced today that providers using the company’s EPCS GoldSM 2.0 controlled substance e-prescribing technology have issued more than 663,000 controlled substance prescriptions to date, and the company expects to surpass the 700,000 mark in mid-September.

During the Sept. 3 Health IT Policy Committee meeting, the co-chairs of the HIT Policy and Standards Committee’s JASON Task Force presented draft recommendations based on the JASON advisory group’s report on developing a data infrastructure for the nation’s healthcare system.

The Federation of State Medical Boards has completed the drafting process for model legislation to establish an Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

Just over one-quarter of U.S. broadband households currently own and use at least one connected health device, according to research firm Parks Associates.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is urging immediate increased investment in nursing training to ensure a sufficient nursing workforce to meet anticipated future demand from an aging U.S. population and the newly insured under the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions.

One hospital’s program that puts peer counselors at the bedside of patients with addiction and substance abuse problems has earned it an invitation to the White House. Leaders from Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Delaware, were asked to present their early addiction intervention program, Project Engage, to officials from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

President Obama has appointed a Google executive, Megan Smith, to join his administration as chief technology officer.