Most Primary Care Physicians Are Aware Of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, But Many Find The Data Difficult To Access

摘要: State prescription drug monitoring programs are common tools intended to reduce abuse and diversion, or the nonmedical use of a prescribed drug. The success these depends largely upon physicians’ awareness them. We conducted nationally representative mail survey 1,000 practicing primary care physicians in 2014 characterize their attitudes toward programs. A total 420 eligible (adjusted response rate: 58 percent) returned completed surveys. Among all surveyed, 72 percent were aware state’s program, 53 percent reported using one identified several barriers that may prevent greater programs, including time-consuming nature information retrieval lack an intuitive format for data provided by These results suggest majority US ...