Searching for Patients Across State Lines

Users of the Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PA PDMP) are able to search for their patients across state lines. This is called an interstate search.

How to Use

1. When conducting a new patient search, a list of available states is available under “Search other states”.
2. Check the states from which you wish to retrieve data.
3. Your patient request will be submitted to the selected states as well as Pennsylvania’s PDMP system.
4. Results from the selected states will be blended into the final patient report. The final column on the report, “State”, will list the state’s PDMP system from which the results were received.

Please note: Some users, such as delegates, medical residents, and prescribers without DEA numbers will not be granted access to search certain states if those states do not legally permit such users to access their PDMP.

Concerns or questions regarding the accuracy or completeness of patient prescription data obtained from other states should be directed to the appropriate state PDMP or to the pharmacy that submitted the data.

State access by user role

The following table shows which user roles have access to which states’ PDMP data. Whether a role has access to a state is determined by the laws in the given state – for instance, some states do not legally permit delegates to search their PDMP.

X = role has access
— = role has no access
TBD = role access To Be Determined