Here are three things to know about New York’s PDMP.
1. The PDMP is interoperable with 25 states and Washington, D.C., allowing practitioners to access almost 150 million patient records on controlled substance histories. The goal is to prevent “doctor shopping” for opioid prescriptions.
2. To expand the PDMP, the New York Department of Health first worked to become interoperable with bordering states, before targeting the remainder of the Northeast and the Eastern Seaboard. Each year, the department reviews its agreements with states and re-interviews state officials to ensure compliance with data access and security standards.
3. New York’s I-STOP legislation, which went into effect March 2016, requires practitioners to check the state PDMP before prescribing controlled substances. In the two years since, New York has reduced the number of “doctor shopping” incidents by more than 98 percent, Mr. Cuomo said.
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