Overdose Epidemic, Prescription Monitoring Programs, and Public Health: A Review of State Laws

Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs), state-level databases that collect patient-specific prescription information at the time medications are dispensed, have been suggested as tools to address the overdose epidemic. We reviewed all laws in the United States (n = 25) that articulated the purposes...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2015-11, Vol.105 (11), p.e9-e11
Main Authors: Davis, Corey S, Johnston, Jill E, Pierce, Matthew W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesics, Opioid - toxicity
Drug and Narcotic Control - organization & administration
Drug overdose
Drug Overdose - epidemiology
Drugs
Epidemics
Health Law
Health Policy
Health promotion
Heroin
Humans
Law enforcement
Legislation
Narcotics
Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Pain
Patient safety
Pharmacists
Poisoning
Practice Patterns, Physicians
Prescription drugs
Prescription Drugs - toxicity
Prevention
Public Health
PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY BRIEF
State laws
United States
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Summary:Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs), state-level databases that collect patient-specific prescription information at the time medications are dispensed, have been suggested as tools to address the overdose epidemic. We reviewed all laws in the United States (n = 25) that articulated the purposes PMPs are intended to serve. Attributes related to reducing abuse, misuse, and diversion of prescription medications appeared most commonly. Only 5 purpose statements mentioned the promotion of public health as goals of the PMP, and only 3 listed improving health care. None listed overdose prevention as a goal of the PMP.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302856