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 ...

Email communications may be an effective strategy for improving clinician engagement with prescription drug monitoring ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A newly launched statewide prescription drug monitoring program is Missouri’s latest tool in the fight against the misuse of medications. The Missouri Legislature passed a law to create the ...

The Commonwealth of Virginia and Purdue Pharma, a privately held pharmaceutical company, have entered a public-private partnership to expand use of the state prescription monitoring program. With ...

Missouri's statewide prescription drug monitoring program is on track, although no go-live date has been set, said Dean Linneman, the program's executive director. Guides and user manuals for ...