Time to Visit the Bank.Make plans to stop by and visit with First Databank First DataBank, Inc. (FDB), currently owned by Hearst Corporation, is a publisher of pharmaceutical industry market information and information technology. The firm, headquartered in San Bruno, California, is best known for its controversial drug pricing surveys of the McKesson at AMIA. They offer online e-business support tools and are one of the largest suppliers of healthcare knowledge bases. First Databank supplies drug knowledge to more than 40,000 pharmacies, 4,000 hospitals, all 50 state Medicaid programs, and virtually all major vendor and private drug benefit programs. Among the products being featured at the show is First Databank's new Rx InHand, a drug navigation and drug utilization review drug utilization review Health insurance A study of drug prescriptions to evaluate appropriateness and cost-effectiveness of drug therapy (DUR DUR Drug utilization review, see there ) engine for handheld devices. The system enables physicians to perform prospective and retrospective DUR screening, reducing the risk of adverse drug events. Physicians can create or upload a patient-specific drug profile and allergy list. Rx InHand also provides access to three clinical modules--Drug-Drug Interaction Module[TM], the Drug Allergy drug allergy An immune response to a therapeutic. See Allergy. Module[TM] and the Duplicate Therapy Database[TM]. First DataBank, San Bruno, CA, www.firstdatabank.com Circle: 193 |
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