"Nearly all New Jersey physicians now have direct access to the NJPMP, thanks to the Division of Consumer Affairs' commitment to bringing this database to New Jersey's medical community," Acting Attorney General John J. The Division also launched an outreach campaign, encouraging doctors to sign up for and use the NJPMP. In response, the Division removed this barrier by granting automatic NJPMP enrollment to all New Jersey doctors who successfully applied for the renewal of their State-granted authority to prescribe CDS. Members of the medical community had expressed the concern that the NJPMP enrollment process was too cumbersome. The Division of Consumer Affairs has made it a goal to expand access to the NJPMP to the entire community of New Jersey physicians.
This represents a 256 percent increase since December 2013, when 9,965 health-care practitioners had access to the NJPMP. This represents a 467 percent increase since December 2013, when about 4,500 physicians had NJPMP access.Īdditionally, 56 percent of all health-care practitioners in New Jersey - or 35,500 of the state's eligible prescribers and pharmacists of all kinds - have direct access to the prescription-tracking database. NEWARK – About 20,000 New Jersey physicians and 5,000 other licensed health-care practitioners this year gained direct access to the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP), a significant milestone in the fight against the deadly epidemic of opiate abuse.Īs of Thursday, 85 percent of New Jersey's physicians - or 25,501 of the state's eligible physicians - are able to access the NJPMP.
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