Governor Wolf Signs Opioid Package into Law
Surrounded by stakeholders in the Capitol Rotunda this afternoon, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law a bipartisan package of bills to combat the heroin and opioid crisis. Among the bills,…
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These Candidates Are Friends of Medicine – Show Your Support at the Polls Tomorrow
Get out and vote tomorrow! Show Your Support for PAMPAC-Supported Candidates! With the General Election tomorrow, Nov. 8, PAMPAC – the muscle of PAMED – strives to ensure our physicians…
PDPH Notification: Hepatitis C Screening Act
Health Notification: Pennsylvania’s Hepatitis C Screening Act (Act 87 of 2016) Takes Effect (Originally released on September 19, 2016) The Hepatitis C Screening Act (Act 87) was signed into law by…
The PA PDMP system officially launches August 25!
Starting Aug. 25, 2016, medical professionals registered for Pennsylvania’s new PDMP will be able to access valuable data that will help inform clinical decisions and combat the…
Time to register for the PA PDMP. This powerful tool to combat the opioid epidemic will soon be available.
The Philadelphia County Medical Society would like to present this message from the Pennsylvania Department of Health regarding the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania. — Welcome to Pennsylvania’s Prescription Drug Monitoring…
PDPH Health Advisory: Locally-Acquired and Travel-Related Arboviral Infections: Testing and Reporting Requirements for West Nile and Other Arboviruses
Summary Points – Mosquito pools infected with WNV have been detected. – Through October, collect serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for WNV IgM testing of patients who have unexplained encephalitis,…