Tasmania is the only state with a real-time prescription monitoring program.

Kentucky uses an electronic prescription monitoring program to try to prevent abuses.

Most states have prescription monitoring programs to prevent drug abuse, but their effectiveness and requirements vary.

He said he regularly uses a state-run prescription monitoring program to see whether any of his patients are also obtaining drugs from other doctors.

Also, contrary to early reports, the hacker did not wipe out the Prescription Monitoring Program data, she said.

Information on the release of a new "Prescription Monitoring Program" for benzodiazepines and opioids.

Establishment of a prescription monitoring program for clients with drug use patterns of concern Anticipated Result:

In the House, the former pharmacist authored legislation to establish a statewide prescription monitoring program to prevent "illegal doctor- and pharmacy-shopping."

The hackers claim to have accessed 8 million patient records and 35 million prescriptions collected by the Prescription Monitoring Program.

In a message posted on the Prescription Monitoring Program site last week, the hacker demanded $10 million, The Virginian-Pilot reported.

For information regarding the triplicate program please contact the Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program at (902)496-7123.

Where appropriate, the NIHB Program, on the advice of health care professionals, may place clients into the Prescription Monitoring Program.

Just 2 1/2 weeks earlier, a hacker broke into what the Virginia Department of Health Professions believed was a secure computer database for the Prescription Monitoring Program.

Bio-Tech Medical Software, Inc., will utilize UCF's biometrics, elite technology and other programming techniques in an effort to establish the best prescription monitoring program.

Amid opposition from the pharmaceutical industry, state senators Tuesday failed to pass a bill that would have significantly enhanced a prescription monitoring program aimed at curbing drug abuse and overdose deaths.

Combating the state's heroin, opiate, and prescription drug addiction epidemic by requiring physicians and pharmacists to access the state's Prescription Monitoring Program to prevent "doctor shopping;"

Moreover, they recommend that prescription monitoring programs and insurers scan prescription data to flag purchasing patterns indicative of possible doctor shopping and then alert physicians and pharmacists about these patients.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged states to use prescription monitoring programs to look for signs of reckless behavior by doctors, and at least six states do.

In these circumstances, the Prescription Monitoring Program will advise the College of the lack of co-operation by the physician and will ask that the matter be investigated through the complaints process.

Drugs - HB 1948 requires doctors to check a Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) database before writing prescriptions for potentially dangerous and addictive drugs like oxycodone.

Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation that will make Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program a national leader, putting safeguards in place to stop the flow of prescription drugs onto our streets.

Because so many of Castro's alleged prescriptions were being filled in New Jersey they failed to raise red flags for New York State's Prescription Monitoring Program, officials said.

We've recently seen some high-profile electronic intrusions, including a report saying a hacker broke into Virginia's "Prescription Monitoring Program," deleted records on 8 million patients, and demanded a $10 million ransom.

For some doctors, running a "PMP" -- shorthand for a Prescription Monitoring Program report -- has become as normal a part of seeing new patients as measuring blood pressure.

Forty states have these programs and eight have enacted legislation to create them, said John Eadie, director of the Prescription Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis University.