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Ohio Board of Pharmacy PDMP Enhancements

Award Information

Award #
2006-PM-BX-0010
Location
Awardee County
Franklin
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2006
Total funding (to date)
$400,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2006, $400,000)

In Fiscal Year 2006, Congress appropriated $7,500,000 to the U.S. Department of Justice to support the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Prescription monitoring programs are systems where controlled substance dispensing data is submitted to a centralized database administered by an authorized state agency. These programs are designed to help prevent and detect the diversion and abuse of pharmaceutical controlled substances, particularly at the retail level where no other automated information collection system exists.

States that have implemented prescription drug monitoring programs have the capability of collecting and analyzing prescription data much more efficiently than states without such programs, where the collection of prescription information requires the manual review of pharmacy files which is a very time consuming and invasive process. The increased efficiency of prescription monitoring programs allows for the early detection of abuse trends and possible sources of diversion. The analysis of collected data also allows for the identification of outmoded prescribing practices, such as the undertreatment of pain, which may result in the development of educational programs for medical professionals.

Ohio's current prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) will be greatly enhanced by the following additional steps facilitated by this year's funding: 1) increase user access to reports from the database to twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week (24/7); 2) proactively inform law enforcement agencies and regulatory boards of potential drug offenses; 3) develop and disseminate drug trend reports; and 4) provide expanded techniques and opportunities for communication with PDMP participants.

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Date Created: August 15, 2006