A new study in Health Affairs found that state prescription drug monitoring programs designed to help law enforcement identify illegal activity have the added benefit of improving patient safety and ...

Summary In 2009, the Oregon legislature created the Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), which tracks prescriptions for certain drugs dispensed by Oregon pharmacies. The database tracks ...

Oxycodone-related deaths dropped 25 percent after Florida implemented its Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in late 2011 as part of its response to the state's prescription drug abuse epidemic, ...

In a survey, pediatric rheumatologists cite a lack of training, lack of data, turnaround time, and lab timing as barriers to ...

Cape Girardeau County may join a prescription-drug monitoring program that has been embraced by 32 Missouri counties and cities. The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees has ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The State of Hawaii and Bamboo Health ™, the leader in Real-Time Care Intelligence ™, today announced their partnership to help physicians and pharmacists reduce the ...

Missouri is the only state in the country without a prescription drug monitoring program, but cities are taking matters into their own hands and enacting such programs within their city limits. St.

US Food and Drug Administration layoffs appear to be affecting programs that track drug safety. Fired workers from the Division of Drug Information, which conducts safety monitoring, say the DDI team ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.–The state House has given initial approval to a program to track prescription drugs, but the Republican majority is split on the issue. The bill is aimed at fighting prescription ...

As discussions about the need for a prescription drug-monitoring program (PDMP) continue, advocates are urging the Legislature to pass a comprehensive statewide program. "Without a statewide PDMP, ...