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Maryland attempts to boost kidney donations

Maryland state legislators are looking to help people desperate for kidney transplants by enacting new protections for donors. The “Organ Donation — Prohibition on Discrimination by Insurer and Unpaid Leave Bill” would prevent life and disability insurers from denying or canceling living organ donors’ policies on the basis of health as a result. The bill… Read More »

Drug monitoring platform to help Maryland combat opioids

The State of Maryland is getting new software to collect information about controlled substances dispensed in the state to facilitate better data sharing. The RxGov prescription drug monitoring platform, from NIC, provides near real-time data that will integrate with the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP), the state health information exchange. Data also… Read More »