SOUTHERN COLORADO — Doctor shopping is a strategy used to get more prescription drugs, by visiting a variety of doctors or pharmacies. A recent Colorado state audit found the program meant to stop ...

Integration of PDMP with an EHR system in Massachusetts had no significant effect on prescription of opioids or morphine milligram equivalents. Integration of data from a prescription drug monitoring ...

In 2012, the state of Kentucky passed a law similar to those in many other states requiring physicians prescribing controlled substances to check their state’s ...

Missouri's prescription drug monitoring database went online last week. Health workers will now need to enter patient information into a statewide database when they dispense opioids and other ...

Established in nearly every state across America, prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are used to track the prescribing, dispensing and use of opioids and other controlled substances. At its ...

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri is the only state without a database that monitors prescription drugs given to patients, but that could change soon. On Tuesday, the Missouri Senate passed Senate Bill 63, ...

Oregon is still not doing enough to counteract overprescribing opioids within the state, a follow-up audit from Secretary of State Shemia Fagan found. The report, released to the public Wednesday, ...

Missouri state Sen. Holly Rehder was in the gallery last month when the House approved her bill to establish a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) and sent it to Gov. Mike Parson. “I’m just so ...