Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9175

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Publication type: Journal Article

Wechsler J.
Information explosion
Pharmaceutical Executive 1995 Jun; 15:16, 18, 20

Abstract:

The intensified focus on the high cost of health care, awareness that new information technologies can improve prescription compliance, and efforts of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Public Health Service, the USP Convention, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and pharmaceutical companies to develop systems and review policies to enhance drug information dissemination are discussed. The barriers to compliance exhibited by patients and the regulatory blocks by the FDA that keep information from reaching the patient are also outlined.