States that required physicians to check prescription drug monitoring programs before writing an opioid prescription saw lower rates of “physician shopping,” which is the practice of visiting several ...

State-based prescription drug monitoring programs prove helpful in reducing opioid-related deaths in the U.S., according to a study in the journal Health Affairs. Drug monitoring programs are ...

A study from the American College of Toxicology identified characteristics of state prescription drug monitoring programs that can be frustrating to clinicians and prevent optimal use of the programs.

Oxycodone-related deaths dropped 25 percent after Florida implemented its Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in late 2011 as part of its response to the state's prescription drug abuse epidemic, ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Associate Professor of Sociology at Saint Louis University, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The State of Hawaii and Bamboo Health ™, the leader in Real-Time Care Intelligence ™, today announced their partnership to help physicians and pharmacists reduce the ...

In a survey, pediatric rheumatologists cite a lack of training, lack of data, turnaround time, and lab timing as barriers to ...