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Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances.
The Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) is a nonprofit organization created to function as Maryland's state-designated health information exchange (HIE), by the Maryland Health Care Commission.
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) is a program of the US Food and Drug Administration for the monitoring of medications with a high potential for serious adverse effects. REMS applies only to specific prescription drugs, but can apply to brand name or generic drugs. [1] The REMS program was formalized in 2007.
In 1970, Drug utilization review program was carried out by a private pharmaceutical management company. It focused on the cost of another program. [7] By the mid-1970, many medical programs cooperate with private companies that providing drug utilization review. [7]
In Kentucky, for example, a law to improve monitoring of prescription practices, known as the Pill Mill Bill (KRS 218A.175 et seq.), has been in effect since 2012. [20] By 2012, 41 U.S. states had implemented such prescription monitoring program, and by 2019 all states except Missouri had implemented such programs. [21]
The Medical Debt Relief Program, funded with $1 million from the Rhode Island General Assembly, is intended for the “purchase, cancellation, and forgiveness of medical debt,” offering critical ...
In early 2023, the state government of Missouri issued a statewide prescription monitoring program to all pharmacies in the state. The prescription monitoring program monitors the prescription of everyone, to stop those with a prescription drug addiction from swapping pharmacies to get an early refill on their prescription. [27]
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