Survey: Physicians support PDMPs, face limits with non-opioid therapy

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The American Medical Association today released the findings of a national physician survey that shows strong support for key policies and recommendations to end the nation’s opioid epidemic, including ways to improve prescription drug monitoring programs, enhancing physician education as well as removing barriers to care. 

Released by the American Medical Association (AMA) and the AMA Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse, the survey shows that 87 percent of physicians agree that prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) help physicians become more informed about a patient’s prescription history. The survey also found that to further enhance this as a resource, physicians said PDMPs need improvement to integrate with electronic health records, provide real-time data and other key features that would make them even more useful.

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