Back in 2014, when he was the medical director of the opioid treatment program at the Spokane Regional Health District, Dr. Matt Layton saw firsthand just how useful Washington state's prescription ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Within the coming weeks, Missouri health care providers will be able to track a patient’s prescriptions with the goal of preventing overdoses and opioid abuse. Missouri is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 9—After a bruising legislative battle that took years, a statewide prescription drug monitoring program finally is ready to ...

The statewide prescription drug monitoring program has taken effect. The goal is to reduce the misuse of prescription drugs. Missouri launched a statewide prescription drug monitoring program ...

MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professionals Services (DSPS) will launch an updated version of the Wisconsin Enhanced Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (WI ePDMP) later this ...

To facilitate safer prescribing of opioids and other drugs, nearly all states operate prescription monitoring programs (PMPs), which collect and share data on controlled substance dispensing. Policy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The researchers also found that “many barriers exist” to prescription monitoring program (PMP) data use.

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 ...

(WSIL) -- Missouri is now the final state in the U.S. to track prescription medications statewide. Governor Mike Parson signed SB 63 into law, which creates a statewide prescription drug monitoring ...

Forty states mandate that providers query their patients’ prescription histories in the state’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) before prescribing controlled substances. However, little is ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill Monday to make Missouri the final state to adopt a prescription drug monitoring database aimed at flagging possible opioid misuse.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A statewide prescription drug monitoring program is now online with hopes it will curb opioid overdoses and deaths in Missouri. The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) ...