Philly to start tracking doctors to target opioid overprescribers
(WorldNews Health)

Despite their yearslong effort to urge doctors to prescribe fewer opioids, Philadelphia health officials say there are still too many pills being dispensed in the region. They know from state data, provided by the Pennsylvania prescription drug monitoring database, that a very small number of physicians in the area are responsible for most of the overprescribing. But because the state data does not include identifying information, local officials have no way of knowing who to go after. Thanks to new legislation passed during Philadelphia´s last 2019 City Council session, that´s about to change. In 2018, health officials issued to more than 15,000 doctors in the Philadelphia region. Health...