Primary care physicians' perspectives on Veterans who obtain prescription opioids from multiple healthcare systems.

Objective: To characterize primary care physicians' (PCPs') perceptions of the reasons patients receive opioid medications from both VA and non-VA healthcare systems.

Design: Qualitative.

Setting: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Physicians' Perspectives Regarding Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use Within the Department of Veterans Affairs: a Multi-State Qualitative Study.

Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has implemented robust strategies to monitor prescription opioid dispensing, but these strategies have not accounted for opioids prescribed by non-VA providers. State-based prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are a potential tool to identify VA patients' receipt of opioids from non-VA prescribers, and recent legislation requires their use within VA.

Objective: To evaluate VA physicians' perspectives and experiences regarding use of PDMPs to monitor Veterans' receipt of opioids from non-VA prescribers.