Key Findings and Recommendations from the 2013 IPLA INSPECT Knowledge and Use Survey

Abstract

The Center for Health Policy in collaboration with the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency and the State Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force’s Education Committee developed a web-based survey to gather information on prescribers’ and dispensers’ knowledge, use, and opinions of INSPECT as well as to assess prescribers’ and dispensers’ attitudes and beliefs about prescribing and dispensing opioids. Key findings suggest that both providers and dispensers are strongly supportive and frequent users of the INSPECT program; the majority of users believe INSPECT is generally effective and a valuable tool in state-wide efforts to reduce the misuse, abuse, and diversion of prescription drugs.