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		<title>The FTC and Patent Wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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Hearings that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Justice Department are quietly holding around the country raise the possibility that the FTC&#8217;s limited (until now) skirmishes with brand-name drug companies might flare up into a broader war. The FTC and Justice are taking the temperature of various high-tech industries to determine whether federal policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Integrated Systems Improve Medication Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many multi-hospital integrated delivery systems across the country, the Jefferson Health System in Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs has been working hard to improve medication safety. A system-wide taskforce directed by our Chief Medical Officer and composed of representatives from all of the constituent hospitals has met and is outlining a strategy for both improving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Few Marketing Obstacles in DHHS Data Privacy Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One really needs a clear, uncluttered mind to understand the ground rules for the use of patient information that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) will face, now that the Bush administration has published its final rule on medical data confidentiality. This rule has been brewing since 1996, when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Afford to Omit CPOE In Future Strategic Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the Institute of Medicine report on medical errors was released in November 1999, health care professionals and the media have given unprecedented coverage to computerized pre-scriber order entry (CPOE). Although few could argue with the clear evidence that well-designed CPOE systems hold enormous potential to reduce errors, this technology requires millions of dollars to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Computer-Generated MAR Format</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem: Nurses sometimes find the way in which drug orders are presented on pharmacy computer-generated medication administration records (MARs) to be confusing. With many pharmacy computer systems, the specifications for drug profiles first present the dosage strength available in stock and then present the number of tablets or volume of oral or injectable liquid needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA&#8217;s Proposal on Generics Pleases No One</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must feel a little bit like Rodney Dangerfield: it &#8220;can&#8217;t get no respect.&#8221; Even as the agency tries mightily to lower the barriers to the marketing of less expensive generic drugs, the FDA is taking a beating by the generic pharmaceutical industry for not going far enough, by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Generates Calls</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when most Americans hardly knew the names of pharmaceutical companies, let alone the medications they produced. That was before the industry began to embrace the kind of direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing that has been increasing steadily over the past decade.
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