PM - Reduce Opioid Drug Misuse
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Potential Measures
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| Number of Opioid Prescriptions | Number of opioids prescribed by medical personnel decreases. | Between 2012 and 2016, the number of opioid prescriptions decreased by more than 43 million - a 16.9 % decrease in opioid prescriptions during this time period. | Opioid Task Force Progress Report |
| Number of America's physicians and health care professionals using state PDMPs | Growth of physician's and other health care professionals' registrations with state-based prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). | Physicians and other health care professionals used state PDMPs more than 136.1 million times in 2016 - a 121% increase from 2014. | Opioid Task Force Progess Report |
| Number of physicians certified to provide office-based medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders. | More physicians are educated on safe opioid prescribing and treatment. | In 2016, 37,637 physicians obtained certification to provide office-based medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders across all 50 states - a 27% increase since 2015. | Opioid Task Force Progess Report |
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