Summary In 2009, the Oregon legislature created the Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), which tracks prescriptions for certain drugs dispensed by Oregon pharmacies. The database tracks ...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane says a new measure will improve the Commonwealth's prescription drug monitoring program. Kane thanked the legislature for passing the bill (S.B. 1180) on ...

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, ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State House members gave initial approval Tuesday to legislation that would make Missouri the final state to adopt a prescription-drug monitoring program. The legislation, ...

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 ...

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 ...

North Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner Corp. is collaborating with the town of Nevada, Mo., the seat of Vernon County, to establish a prescription drug monitoring program, according to a Kansas City ...

JEFFERSON CITY - The battle over a statewide prescription drug monitoring program in Missouri continues to wage in Jefferson City, following the presentation of two bills before a Senate committee ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program launched Thursday in hopes of preventing people from “doctor shopping” for their drugs. Pennsylvania is the 49th state to have the ...