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DTPM attends Pain Week Conference

DTPM attends Pain Week Conference Drug Testing’s Role in Pain Management PAINWeek is the largest US pain conference for frontline clinicians involved in pain management.  The event, held in Las Vegas this year from September 5th to 9th, offered a diverse curriculum ranging from interventional pain management

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Drug Testing Program Management August 2017 eNewsletter

DTPM August 2017 eNewsletter How to Optimize Lab Test Costs and Improve Efficiency If you run a high-volume reference lab, you know the challenges of maintaining an adequate supply of reagents, supplies, and consumables. With hundreds of individual items to inventory and track, you may often miss the

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Grants to Combat Opioid Crisis

$1 Billion to Fight Opioid Epidemic HHS Starts Things off with $485 Million in Grants Opioids were responsible for 33,000 deaths in 2015 according to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price. In 2017, the toll continues to rise, with the New York Times reporting possible

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Drug Testing Program Management July 2017 eNewsletter

DTPM July 2017 eNewsletter Easy to Find Drug Testing Equipment, Consumables & Supplies In June, Drug Testing Program Management launched a new online store to better serve our customers. We’ve added more products, reagents, and chemicals, and reorganized things to make it easier to find what you need and

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Drug Testing Program Management June 2017 eNewsletter

DTPM June 2017 eNewsletter New DTPM Store! We still stock the high quality reagents, consumables, and equipment to which you have become accustomed – however our digital store system has received a major facelift! The new streamlined DTPM online store is now live at store.DTPM.com! Watch next month

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How to Save Money Running a Reference Lab

How to Save Money Running a Reference Lab Without Sacrificing Quality, Reliability, or Efficiency As an independent clinical laboratory, your “Reference Lab” is responsible for performing high volume tests for physician’s offices, treatment centers, clinics, and other health care facilities. Maintaining the confidence of your referral sources

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Drug Testing for Addiction Treatment Centers

Turnkey Solutions with No Upfront Costs Treatment centers strive to improve the physical health and emotional well-being of those addicted to drugs and alcohol. Many integrate the spiritual dimension and others provide counseling for the entire family. At Drug Testing Program Management, our mission is to support

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Drug Testing Trends in 2017

Drug & Alcohol Testing Increases as Epidemics Mount Unfortunately, reports of opioid deaths and overdoses have become a common feature of the evening news. From heroin to fentanyl, more than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2015, the most ever. Such numbers are on a par

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States Require Drug Testing for Benefit Recipients

States Require Drug Testing for Benefit Recipients As only the latest indication of how drug testing is becoming more widespread when it comes to receiving state benefits, President Donald Trump signed legislation at the end of March allowing states to drug test applicants for unemployment benefits. (A

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Are Drug Courts Effective?

From 1 to 3,133 in 26 years The first drug court was established in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 1989.  The idea was to provide an alternative to jail time for drug users and to save costs by keeping offenders in the community, under treatment, and engaged in

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