CenturyLink, EagleForce to Help Agencies Monitor Prescription Drug Use, Abuse

CenturyLink will give federal, state and local agencies access to EagleForce Associates’ "advanced and predictive analytics technology" to facilitate monitoring of prescription drug use, including an "opioid abuse crisis," the telco announced Tuesday. It said CenturyLink will work with agencies "to apply EagleForce's real-time neural computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence methodologies to verification procedures that help doctors, pharmacists and drug manufacturers more accurately identify the improper use and administration" of prescription drugs.