Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs)

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Safe Practice Recommendations for Safer Opioid Prescribing Strategies to improve technology in the clinical setting, such as EHRs, to reduce overprescribing of opioids.

Vital Signs: Changes in Opioid Prescribing in the United States, 2006–2015 – A July 2017 report from the CDC

The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University tracks legislation and regulations on PDMPs, as well as offering guidance for states in best practices.

The State of PDMPs – brief from the American Academy of Family Physicians

State Strategies to Improve the Use of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to Address Opioid and other Substance Use Disorders

PMP InterConnect – an initiative of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to facilitate transfer of PDMP data across state lines. Forty states are participating thus far.

American Medical Association resource landing page on PDMPs

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