Controlled Substance Monitoring Program, West Virginia Board of Pharmacy, Charleston, West Virginia (Messrs Wood and Dotson); Division of Overdose Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (LCDR Mells); and Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Charleston, West Virginia (Mr Jeffries).
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2023;29(2):E37-E43. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001660. Epub 2022 Dec 1.
West Virginia has struggled with an overdose epidemic for many years and continues to have the highest overdose death rate in the nation. However, through successful collaboration between the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy and the West Virginia Department of Health via its Violence and Injury Prevention Program, West Virginia has improved data quality, enhanced program development and implementation, and developed strategies to address the overdose epidemic. This multiagency collaboration plays an important role in addressing the overdose epidemic and promotes lasting interagency relationships. One strategy is overcoming barriers to maximizing and utilizing the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, or PDMP. This strategy allows for a better understanding of a patient's prescription history and ensures safer prescribing practices. In addition, this strategic partnership facilitates the use of PDMP data for epidemiologic studies and public health surveillance, which results in sustainable analyses and dissemination of actionable data that are now driving public health action in West Virginia.
西弗吉尼亚州多年来一直深受药物过量泛滥的困扰，其药物过量死亡率持续位居全美之首。然而，通过西弗吉尼亚州药剂委员会与西弗吉尼亚州卫生署（通过其暴力与伤害预防项目）之间的成功协作，西弗吉尼亚州改善了数据质量，加强了项目的开发与实施，并制定了应对药物过量泛滥的策略。这种多机构协作在应对药物过量泛滥方面发挥了重要作用，促进了持久的机构间关系。其中一项策略是克服障碍，最大程度地利用和利用处方药物监测计划（PDMP）。该策略有助于更好地了解患者的处方历史，并确保更安全的处方实践。此外，这一战略伙伴关系还促进了 PDMP 数据在流行病学研究和公共卫生监测中的使用，从而进行可持续的分析和传播可采取行动的数据，这些数据正在推动西弗吉尼亚州的公共卫生行动。
