AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A new law in Texas delays the requirement for physicians and pharmacists to check the prescription drug monitoring program to March 2020. Pharmacies have been reporting controlled ...

To facilitate safer prescribing of opioids and other drugs, nearly all states operate prescription monitoring programs (PMPs), which collect and share data on controlled substance dispensing. Policy ...

Texas healthcare providers are embedding the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) into electronic health records to meet legal mandates and improve prescribing efficiency. Integrated workflows allow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 9—After a bruising legislative battle that took years, a statewide prescription drug monitoring program finally is ready to ...

The Prescription Monitoring Program of Virginia was awarded a $3.1 million grant from Purdue Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company. The funding will help integrate PMP data into provider and pharmacist ...

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 ...