Findings are based on 53 in-depth interviews with primary care providers in New York City, collected shortly following the passage of legislation mandating use of a PDMP by health care providers in New York State. Findings suggest that use of the PDMP highlighted tensions between provider stigma ...
New York comptroller accuses OTPs of not checking PDMP; DOH fights backdoi:10.1002/adaw.32199In an audit that constituted three opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and 25 patients, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli earlier this month criticized the state's Department of Health (DOH) ...
In an audit that constituted three opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and 25 patients, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli earlier this month criticized the state's Department of Health (DOH) for not making sure providers check I‐STOP — the state's prescription drug monitoring program...
Background: Prescription Drug Monitoring programs (PDMPs) are intended to reduce opioid prescribing and aberrant drug-related behavior thereby reducing morbidity and mortality due to prescription opioid overdose. Expansion of the New York (NY) State's PDMP in 2013 included the institution of the I-...
We used a thematic analytic approach to identify patterns of PDMP implementation into practice following enactment of the New York State legislative usage mandate. Among physicians who consistently used the PDMP, we found two distinct groups: (1) physicians who reported no change in their clinical ...
Blum, Cary J.Nelson, Lewis S.Hoffman, Robert S.Elsevier Inc.Journal of Substance Abuse TreatmentBlum CJ, Nelson LS, Hoffman RS. A survey of Physicians' Perspectives on the New York State Mandatory Prescription Monitoring Program (ISTOP). J Subst Abuse Treat. 2016;70:35-43....