Prescription Drug Monitoring Program [PDMP]

Prescription medications - particularly when misused or overprescribed—can contribute to dangerous drug interactions, substance use disorder, overdoses, and deaths. The federal government has identified PDMPs as key tools to help ensure the safe and appropriate prescribing of opioids and other controlled substances.

Patient privacy and confidentiality is extremely important for patient outcomes and it is also the law. Federal and state privacy laws, including those applicable to prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), provide protection for patients who seek or obtain medical care, and there are heightened legal protections for the privacy substance use disorder (SUD) treatment information. 42 CFR Part 2 (known as “Part 2”) serves to protect patient records created by certain federally assisted programs for SUD treatment.