The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has developed a  secure online prescription monitoring program, called Prescription Access in  Texas (PAT), which provides controlled substance prescription dispensing  history to authorized health care and law enforcement professionals.  DPS has now extended program access to additional  physicians and law enforcement, mid-level practitioners, medical board and  nursing board investigators.  As prescribers of controlled substances, we need to be able to identify high-risk prescribing situations.  See the link to read more, and find out how you can become an authorized user.  http://www.dps.texas.gov/director_staff/public_information/pr080212.htm