Faced with the task of curbing opioid misuse in the state of Texas, some lawmakers are exploring several avenues to improve the workflow of the Texas Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), as well … ...

The Sun Journal analyzed data from Maine’s Prescription Monitoring Program from 2016 to 2021; and data from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Automation of Reports and Consolidated ...

Prescription monitoring program data, “a vital tool to help combat the potential harms associated with prescription opioid misuse,” were underutilized by health care professionals ...

It doesn’t look like Missouri will have a prescription drug monitoring program any time soon. Even though 49 states have a system in place to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of controlled ...

Matt Layton, former opioid treatment program medical director at the Spokane Regional Health District, knows that using the prescription monitoring program can save lives — but he's skeptical ...

The Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program’s website became more user friendly and streamlined this week, making it easier for health-care providers to keep an eye on opioid use, but a wide back ...

A new law in Texas delays the requirement for physicians and pharmacists to check the prescription drug monitoring program to March 2020.

The PMP records prescriptions for opioids and other potentially addictive drugs when they are filled at pharmacies. Through the program, medical providers can see what their patients are taking ...

Almost every state in the country has implemented a prescription monitoring program (PMP) to assist physicians with tracking prescriptions for controlled substances — but passing PMP legislation ...

A new legislative report shows that a drug monitoring program recently adopted in New Hampshire might be working.