The Tennessee Department of Health developed an integrated data collection and analysis program on opioid related issues and published this comprehensive report in 2019. The report includes epidemiologic data on risk measures and trends to understand the opioid crisis in Tennessee and summarizes ongoing data efforts and data collaborations in the state.
Funding Source: Tennessee Department of Health
The Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) collects deindentified data from state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to identify trends in controlled substance prescribing and dispensing and indicators of non-medical use and diversion. This 2015 report summarizes the data from West Virginia’s PDMP Continue reading
The Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) collects deindentified data from state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to identify trends in controlled substance prescribing and dispensing and indicators of non-medical use and diversion. This 2015 report summarizes the data from Washington’s PDMP Continue reading
The Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) collects deindentified data from state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to identify trends in controlled substance prescribing and dispensing and indicators of non-medical use and diversion. This 2016 report summarizes the data from Virginia’s PDMP. Continue reading
This 2018 report from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Training and Technical Assistance Center at Brandeis University describes the history of PDMPs in the United States. From the first program established in 1918 in New York through Supreme Court decisions until the 21st century when 49 states, the Continue reading
This 2019 journal article compares dentist opioid prescribing rates in the United States and England. While dental service rates are generally similar between the countries, US dentists prescribed opioids 37 times more than English dentists, they prescribed a greater range of opioid medications, and also prescribed long acting opioids which English dentists did not. Continue reading
This 2019 report from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Training and Technical Assistance Center provides guidance to PDMP administrators on how to create standard procedures to share de-identified PDMP data with researchers for public health surveillance, research, Continue reading
This 2017 data brief from the Prescription Behavior Surveillance System compares trends in synthetic opioid overdose deaths in 5 states to trends in law enforcement reports on fentanyl and prescriptions for fentanyl in those states. A product of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Center of Evidence at Brandeis University. Continue reading
This brief describes the purpose of the Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) project at the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Center of Excellence at Brandeis University. The PBSS collects data from state PDMPs and analyzes the data to guide state policy decisions regarding prescription controlled substances. Continue reading
This 4 page document briefly summarizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services strategy for fighting the opioid crisis including their initiatives in prevention, treatment, and data analysis. Continue reading