The Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program was created to educate health care professionals about pharmaceutical industry marketing practices and to provide tools for accessing unbiased sources of information about prescription drugs. The program is funded through the 2004 Attorneys General settlement resolving allegations that Warner Lambert violated state consumer protection laws when promoting Neurontin for off-label uses.

As a program grantee, the Federation of State Medical Boards Foundation has developed and implemented a Web-based portal the Online Prescriber Education Network (OPEN) to provide accredited continuing medical education courses developed by other program grantees. In cooperation with the FSMB 70 member state medical boards, these modules are offered to enhance the protection of the public and improve the quality of health care.

Through the OPEN portal, all licensed physicians in the nation will have access to educational programs about pharmaceutical industry marketing techniques and their effect on prescribing practices. In addition, the portal will provide access to relevant state and federal statutes, unbiased databases of information about the safety and efficacy of prescription medications, reporting mechanisms for adverse events related to medications and tools and strategies for evidence-based prescribing.