Overview of Four Prescription Monitoring/Review Programs in Canada

Andrea D Furlan; Peter MacDougall; Denise Pellerin; Karen Shaw; Doug Spitzig; Galt Wilson; Janet Wright

doi:10.1155/2014/634171

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2014)

Overview of Four Prescription Monitoring/Review Programs in Canada

Andrea D Furlan,
Peter MacDougall,
Denise Pellerin,
Karen Shaw,
Doug Spitzig,
Galt Wilson,
Janet Wright

Affiliations

Andrea D Furlan: Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peter MacDougall: Department of Anesthesia, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Canada
Denise Pellerin: Medavie Blue Cross, Saskatchewan, Canada
Karen Shaw: Registrar, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Doug Spitzig: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Galt Wilson: College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, British Columbia, Alberta, Canada
Janet Wright: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/634171
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 2
pp. 102 – 106

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Prescription monitoring or review programs collect information about prescription and dispensing of controlled substances for the purposes of monitoring, analysis and education. In Canada, it is the responsibility of the provincial institutions to organize, maintain and run such programs.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/

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