FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
Today's Posts |
08-12-2008, 09:59 PM | #1 | |||
|
||||
Magnate
|
Academic Detailing
Poll Results from Medscape Poll conducted 12-Aug-2008 - 19-Aug-2008 http://www.medscape.com/px/instantpo...26&uac=29890SX A new bill in Congress would send trained clinicians into doctors’ offices with independent data about the relative benefits, risks, and costs of drugs; some research suggests that such "academic detailing" reduces potential prescribing bias from the influence of drug company reps. What effect do you think such a program would have? Would significantly reduce bias 15% (39) Would somewhat reduce bias 34% (86) Would not reduce bias 12% (32) Uncertain 8% (22) My prescribing decisions are not influenced by drug company representatives 28% (72) Total Responses: 251 ADD you voice to the POLL Press release on the Bill from US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearings http://aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=301620& SENATE, HOUSE MEMBERS INTRODUCE BILL TO PROVIDE DOCTORS WITH UNBIASED INFORMATION ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS July 31, 2008 WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI), Senate Majority Whip **** Durbin (D-IL), and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Ted Kennedy (D-MA), and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) were joined by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) in introducing a bill in both chambers to provide doctors with unbiased information on prescription drugs. This federal “academic detailing” program would provide physicians and other prescribers with an objective source of information on all prescription drugs, based on independent, scientific research. Currently, pharmaceutical sales representatives are one of the only ways doctors learn about new drugs on the market, and evidence has shown that interaction with them can impact doctors’ prescribing patterns. In April, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an editorial underscoring the need for physician access to unbiased research about the drugs available on the market. “This bill will provide an important alternative to the way doctors currently get their information about drugs—from the drug companies themselves. This practice seems to be fraught with conflicts of interest,” said Kohl. “By providing physicians with thorough, independent research on all the drugs available to them, we believe we can improve the quality of health care and reduce the cost of prescription drugs in America.” Read all
__________________
You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act. ~~Barbara Hall I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. ~~Helen Keller |
|||
Reply With Quote |
Reply |
|
|