TY - JOUR
KW - Controlled Substances
KW - Data Collection
KW - Electronic-Florida Online Reporting Controlled Substance Evaluation
KW - Florida
KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
KW - Humans
KW - Physicians
KW - Prescription Drug Misuse
KW - Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
KW - Prescription Drugs
KW - Substance Abuse Detection/methods/utilization
AU - J. A. Gershman
AU - J. A. Gershman
AU - A. D. Fass
AU - I. Popovici
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to assess Florida physicians' attitudes and knowledge toward accessing the state's prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). DESIGN: Five thousand medical doctors and osteopathic physicians licensed in Florida were randomly selected for a voluntary and anonymous 15-question self-administered survey approved by the Institutional Review Board. Surveys were distributed through U.S. postal service mail. Likert-scale questions were used to assess prior knowledge (1 = none to 5 = excellent) and attitudes toward accessing the PDMP (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). RESULTS: The study yielded a response rate of 7.8%, 71.5% of whom agreed or strongly agreed that the PDMP is a useful tool. Among participants that have access and answered the PDMP usefulness question, 94.8% agree or strongly agree that it is a useful tool. There were 63 out of 64 physicians (98.4%) who conducted 25 or more searches who agreed or strongly agreed that the PDMP is a useful tool for monitoring patients' controlled substance histories. There were 72.5% of participants with access that answered the "doctor shopping" question who agreed that "doctor shopping" will decrease. Among the 64 most frequent PDMP users, 69.4% agreed or strongly agreed that they have prescribed fewer controlled substances after accessing the PDMP. CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed that a majority of participants believe that the PDMP is a useful tool for monitoring patients' controlled substance histories. More continuing education programs should be provided to Florida physicians to enhance their knowledge regarding PDMPs.
BT - Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
CP - 12
CY - England
DO - 10.1111/pme.12476
IS - 12
JF - Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to assess Florida physicians' attitudes and knowledge toward accessing the state's prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). DESIGN: Five thousand medical doctors and osteopathic physicians licensed in Florida were randomly selected for a voluntary and anonymous 15-question self-administered survey approved by the Institutional Review Board. Surveys were distributed through U.S. postal service mail. Likert-scale questions were used to assess prior knowledge (1 = none to 5 = excellent) and attitudes toward accessing the PDMP (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). RESULTS: The study yielded a response rate of 7.8%, 71.5% of whom agreed or strongly agreed that the PDMP is a useful tool. Among participants that have access and answered the PDMP usefulness question, 94.8% agree or strongly agree that it is a useful tool. There were 63 out of 64 physicians (98.4%) who conducted 25 or more searches who agreed or strongly agreed that the PDMP is a useful tool for monitoring patients' controlled substance histories. There were 72.5% of participants with access that answered the "doctor shopping" question who agreed that "doctor shopping" will decrease. Among the 64 most frequent PDMP users, 69.4% agreed or strongly agreed that they have prescribed fewer controlled substances after accessing the PDMP. CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed that a majority of participants believe that the PDMP is a useful tool for monitoring patients' controlled substance histories. More continuing education programs should be provided to Florida physicians to enhance their knowledge regarding PDMPs.
PP - England
PY - 2014
SN - 1526-4637; 1526-2375
SP - 2013
EP - 2019
EP - 
T1 - Evaluation of Florida physicians' knowledge and attitudes toward accessing the state prescription drug monitoring program as a prescribing tool
T2 - Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
TI - Evaluation of Florida physicians' knowledge and attitudes toward accessing the state prescription drug monitoring program as a prescribing tool
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
U2 - 24931295
U3 - 10.1111/pme.12476
VL - 15
VO - 1526-4637; 1526-2375
Y1 - 2014
ER -