Study points to methods for safe drug dispensing via computer
... medications from a patient's prescription list. For example, one p... and so asked a pharmacist to add it back to the prescription list. There was less coordination between docto...Patients benefit when doctor uses computer, not paper, to write prescriptions
...ized ordering also eliminated prescription drug errors that occurred when doctors' handwritte...tem to doctors, such as reminding a physician if a prescription needs countersigned." While computerized POE helped with ...People with food allergies should not only be careful about what they eat
... Clinic-affiliated hospital, where she was given a prescription for an epinephrine injection kit, counseled to scrupulously avoid shellfish exposure and instructed to follow up with her primary-care physician. The couple worked at a seafood restaurant, and the woman sometimes wore gloves while serving food. Howe...The common cold coughs up $40 billion annual price tag
...d doctor's bills, over-the-counter medication, and prescription drugs. It also recorded missed school and work da...over-the-counter drugs and another $400 million on prescription medicines for symptomatic relief. Additionally, more than $1.1 billion are spent annually on the es...Survey shows benefits of prescription drug advertising, few adverse effects
...nd. About four out of five patients who received a prescription drug and took it as prescribed found that they fel...h information, and therefore ascribing benefits to prescription drug advertising is difficult. Nevertheless, "our results suggest that (drug advertising) is a pote...In Health Affairs interview, Breaux outlines plan to cover uninsured
... news for proponents of Medicare modernization and prescription drugs." But he calls on President Bush to take an active role in ensuring that the Medicare reform proposal passes. "It won't be just Frist and me and the Senate," Breaux says. "President Bush is a major player in this, and I think that he could rea...Health Affairs forum explores new hospital-tier insurance plans
...which facilities they choose." "Today, similar to prescription drugs, employers are asking insurers to design coverage products that give incentives to cost-conscious consumers to choose lower-cost facilities," Robinson says. "This will put indirect pressure on hospitals to moderate their prices." According to ...Racial differences in pain treatment found
...all the patients surveyed had health insurance and prescription drug coverage, African Americans were more likely to be covered by Medicaid, and reported more difficulties in affording or paying for their health care in the past year. The survey asked patients about their perceptions of how well pain medication ...Competition among Medicare health plans not a cure-all
...al strains as well as demands to add an outpatient prescription drug benefit, some policymakers will tout the market competition of private-sector managed care plans as a way to keep the program's costs under control. Gold cautions that much of those savings are likely to be absorbed by beneficiaries and will be ...Study showed the number one prescribed Alzheimer's treatment beneficial in vascular dementia (VaD)
...ble to manage symptoms of the disease. Once-a-day prescription ARICEPT is indicated for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. In a progressively degenerative disease such as Alzheimer's, improvement, stabilization or a less-than-expected decline over time is considered a positive response to treatment. These t...Two new studies showed Alzheimer's disease treatment beneficial in other memory-related conditions
...ble to manage symptoms of the disease. Once-a-day prescription ARICEPT is indicated for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. In a progressively degenerative disease such as Alzheimer's, improvement, stabilization or a less-than-expected decline over time is considered a positive response to treatment. These ty...Glucowatch Biographer reported to improve diabetes control in children
...2 Biographer is available in the United States (by prescription only) and in the United Kingdom. The Biographer is not intended to replace the common "finger-stick" testing method, but is indicated as an adjunctive device to supplement blood glucose testing to provide more complete, ongoing information about glu...Child health costs similar for behavioral compared to physical disorders
...d greater expenditures for office-based visits and prescription medications than children in either control group. Among children with behavioral disorders, children with depression and anxiety had double the overall expenditures as children with disruptive disorders those that are apparent to others such as at...Kids who get prescription asthma drugs visit ER less often
...thma drugs. Sixteen percent of the children had no prescription for a rescue drug. "We found that use of asthma me...ms and triggers, and the availability of effective prescription asthma medications, have both improved in recent years," says Dombkowski. "The National Heart, Lung ...New evaluation of osteoporosis therapies
...'n Easy®. Some of P&G Pharmaceuticals leading prescription products include Actonel® (risedronate sodium ...g disease by discovering and developing innovative prescription drugs and human vaccines. In 2002, Aventis generated sales of 17.6 billion (US $16.6 billion), inve...Argentina's largest health system works to lower drug costs
...ents of these beneficiaries. As rising prices for prescription medications began to take their toll on both the NISSRP and its beneficiaries, through the beneficiaries' copayment obligations, the NISSRP turned its attention to the country's drug companies. Aware of the economic clout of this group, in 1997 the N...First quarter prescription drug spending: Generic drugs slow upward trend
ST. LOUIS, June 3, 2003 -- Growth in prescription drug spending slowed to 11.3% during first quarter... of the information. Commenting on the slowdown in prescription drug spending, Express Scripts Chief Executive Officer Barrett Toan said, "The drops in antihistamin...U-M study: Physicians perceive health care cost savings line pockets of insurance companies
...nation looks at ways to bring health insurance and prescription drug coverage to everyone, cost has been a central issue. "Health care spending is very rarely determined at a policy level. Instead, it's the doctors making one decision at a time for each patient they see," Ubel says. "Doctors still have a huge imp...Physicians not 'easy marks' for drug sales reps, argues O.R. study
...visits, respectively, to induce one additional new prescription and 6.44, 25.39, and 73.05 additional free drug samples to induce one new prescription. The authors say that the most important reason why sales reps are having limited influence is that they are not the only source of information for physicians. ...Trends in private Medicare+Choice plans provide warnings for Medicare debate
... wide variation in the benefits offered, including prescription drug coverage. Plans can differ greatly in the level of drug benefits provided, coverage of brand names or generics, copayments, and method of determining drug costs that count toward benefit limits. Lesson #6: Medicare+Choice plan design can disc...