title: Prescription drug monitoring programs: Combating prescription drug misuse.
abstract: To help combat prescription drug misuse, most states have implemented Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs)-electronic databases that collect and track prescription data and flag suspected diversion activities. Equipped with expanding prescriptive authority, NPs are now poised to become vital change agents in expanding the potential effectiveness of PDMPs.
authors.affiliation: Anthony J. Gudoski is a recent graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina's DNP program.
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gudoski
mesh_terms: D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D063487:Prescription Drug Misuse / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States