CDEX’s ValiMed offers solutions aimed at one of the hottest topics in healthcare today: drug diversion by substitution. Medical journal studies have documented that approximately 5 to 10% of all clinicians with access to controlled substances have misused these medications, with diversion of controlled substances a common method by healthcare clinicians with substance abuse problems. In the past, there has been limited ability to validate medications returned to the pharmacy, offering substantial opportunity for diversion. ValiMed uses patent pending technology to validate in near real time the quantity and concentration of controlled substances upon return from clinicians hospital-wide, including those working in operating rooms or satellite pharmacies, which can assist healthcare organizations in complying with JCAHO standards for waste of controlled substances.
