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Controlled Substances Reporting System
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What is your specialty?
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Until state law created the Controlled Substances Reporting System (CSRS), North Carolina did not report or monitor the prescription of controlled substances. In late 2007, the CSRS began collecting data on Schedule II through Schedule V controlled substances prescribed by North Carolina doctors and dispensed by pharmacies. The goals of the CSRS are:
• to identify and prevent diversion of prescribed controlled substances;
• to reduce morbidity and mortality from unintentional drug overdoses;
• to reduce the costs associated with the misuse and abuse of controlled substances;
• to assist clinicians in identifying and referring for treatment patients misusing controlled substances;
• to reduce the cost for law enforcement of investigating cases of diversion and misuse; and
• to inform the public, including health care professionals, of the use and abuse trends related to prescription drugs.
Eligible medical care practitioners and pharmacists may access the CSRS through a secure web portal. The system generates prescribing profiles of controlled substances for all patients in the database who have legally bought these drugs from a pharmacy in the state. If the North Carolina Medical Society encouraged increased utilization of the CSRS would you utilize the system?
Yes I would sign up and increase utilization of the CSRS in my practice
Yes I have registered and I would increase utilization of the CSRS in my practice
Unlikely
Definitely not
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Do you access information from the NC Controlled Substances Reporting System?
No, I never have registered or accessed the system
I have registered, but never accessed the system
I have accessed the system in the past, but do not currently
I access information from the CSRS rarely
I access information from the CSRS frequently
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If you do not access the system frequently, what are the barriers? Select all that apply.
I do not prescribe
I was not aware of the CSRS
It is too complicated
I see no benefit to using the CSRS
Technology issues
Other (please specify)
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Any comments or suggestions to improve the North Carolina Controlled Substances Reporting System?