National Estimates and Physician-Reported Impacts of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite widespread adoption of state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), it is unclear how often PDMPs are accessed through an electronic health record system (EHR-PDMP integration), or whether efforts to make PDMPs easier to access and use have improved their utility.

Objective

To produce national-level estimates on the use of PDMPs among office-based physicians and benefits associated with their use.

Design

We use nationally representative survey data to produce descriptive statistics on PDMP use and associated benefits among office-based physicians in the USA.

Participants

1398 office-based physicians who prescribe controlled substances.

Main measures

We examined physician-reported ease and frequency of PDMP use, and how EHR-PDMP

SUBMITTER: Richwine C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039204 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature