Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting System

The Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) enhances the capacity of regulatory and law enforcement agencies and public health officials to collect and analyze controlled substance prescription data and other scheduled chemical products through a centralized database administered by an authorized agency.

PDMPs help state and local governments to detect and prevent the diversion and abuse of pharmaceutically controlled substances such as opioids and other prescription drugs. The Harold Rogers PDMP strengthens states’ and territories’ ability to plan, implement, or enhance PDMPs by accommodating local decision-making based on state laws and preferences, while encouraging the replication of promising practices. In addition to supporting the implementation and enhancement of PDMPs, the program can support the Administration’s priority of tracking prescribing across providers and states through the integration of PDMPs and Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) which are essential to promoting safe and responsible prescribing, while also assuring appropriate pain care.

The applicant will enhance interstate data sharing and integration technology, promote the use of FindHelpNowKY.org by enhancing its integration in the KASPER system to reduce the amount of time required by a clinician to find a treatment facility for the patient, and provide clinical training to prescribers and pharmacists that promotes understanding and use of best practices in the use of PDMP data as a clinical decision making tool, adherence to clinical guidelines, and provision of patient care.

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