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Offerings from Giant Food Stores
By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™
[Publisher-in-Chief]
Recently, upon return to my home town of Baltimore, Maryland, I observed anecdotally that Giant Food stores was planning to give free generic antibiotics to customers with a prescription for the next three months.
My suspicions were confirmed by the Washington Post, on December 30, 2008, when it reported that the program, which lasts through March 21st 2009, covers several popular antibiotics such as amoxicillin, penicillin and ciprofloxacin. This is the first time that Giant has offered free prescription drugs and it did not estimate the cost or potential popularity of the program.
Assessment
As a kid, I worked as a retail grocery inventory specialist [RGIS]. It was then I learned of the minute profit margins in the business. And so, is the retail grocery competition heating up – and – is this what retail experts called an “aggressive move” in the supermarkets’ heated battle for shoppers? You decide.
Conclusion
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E-Prescribing Nearly Triples, Surescripts Says
The use of electronic prescribing in the U.S. nearly tripled in 2009, according to an annual report released by Surescripts. By the end of the year, about 18% of eligible prescriptions were routed electronically, up from 6.6% at the end of 2008, according to the company’s 2009 National Progress Report on E-Prescribing. By tracking traffic across its network, Surescripts tallied 191 million electronic prescriptions in 2009, compared with 68 million in 2008.
The report cites the coming federal subsidies tied to electronic prescribing as one of several factors driving the growth. Others include increased adoption by large systems and clinics, and broadened certification programs of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.
Other key findings in the report include that the number of physicians and other prescribers using electronic prescribing more than doubled, to 156,000 from 74,000. The number of electronic requests for prescription benefit information increased to 303 million from 79 million. The number of prescription histories delivered to prescribers grew to 81 million from 16 million.
Source: Gregg Blesch, Modern Healthcare [3/1/10]
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eMR Superinfections and Duplicity?
And yet, will all these e-antibiotics augment superinfections?
ONC top doc says he does not use e-prescribing
Article by Paul McCloskey
Monday, March 01, 2010
ATLANTA — Dr. David Hunt, the Office of the National Coordinator’s chief medical officer, told a crowd of physicians here yesterday that as a practicing surgeon he does not use electronic prescribing.
More: http://www.govhealthit.com/newsitem.aspx?nid=73211
Is this just another example of how the government is duplicative?
Q: Will that be a paper Rx or an electronic Rx?
A: BOTH
Randy
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Obama Creates Task Force to Craft Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Battle Plan
President Obama Just signed an executive order directing the formation of a task force led jointly by the secretaries of the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture to develop an action plan by February 15th to carry out priorities laid out in the administration’s new National Strategy to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.
The key goals of the strategy over the next five years will include improving stewardship of existing antibiotics, creating methods to accelerate the development of new antibiotics, and strengthening the country’s ability to detect resistant-bacteria infection outbreaks. As incentive, the administration plans to award a $20 million prize for the development of rapid diagnostic tests for health providers to identify highly resistant bacterial infections at the point of care. The hope is to reduce the likelihood of their spread.
Source: Steven Ross Johnson, Modern Healthcare [9/18/14]
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Fatigue and its Effect on Doctors & Prescriptions
Time of Day and the Decision to Prescribe Antibiotics
Jeffrey A. Linder, MD, MPH1,2; Jason N. Doctor, PhD3; Mark W. Friedberg, MD, MPP1,2,4; Harry Reyes Nieva, BA1,2; Caroline Birks, MD2,5; Daniella Meeker, PhD6; Craig R. Fox, PhD7
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1910546&utm_campaign=social_122714&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=%40jamainternalmed
And, according to Aaron Carroll; fatigue matters. Even when it comes to doctors. Especially when it comes to doctors.
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/healthcare-triage-fatigue-and-its-effect-on-doctors-prescriptions/
Tired Medicine
First there was slow medicine, then fast medicine … and now Fatigued Medicine.
Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™
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Almost 1 in 4 Antibiotic Prescriptions in 2016 Were Inappropriate
BMJ recently published an analysis of antibiotic prescribing among privately insured individuals in 2016. Here are some key findings from the report:
• 14.7% enrollees filled at least one inappropriate antibiotic prescription in 2016.
• Among outpatient antibiotic prescription fills, 23.2% were inappropriate.
• 35.5% of outpatient antibiotic prescription fills were potentially appropriate.
• 28.5% of prescriptions were not associated with a recent diagnosis code.
Source: BMJ, January 16, 2019
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Antibiotics Prescribed in 52% of Pediatric Telemedicine Visits for ARIs
Pediatrics recently published a study on antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infection (ARI) pediatric visits. Here are some key findings from the report:
• Antibiotics were prescribed in 52% of telemedicine visits for children with ARIs.
• For urgent care ARI visits, 42% of children were prescribed antibiotics.
• Antibiotics were prescribed in 31% of primary care provider ARI visits.
• Guidelines were followed in 59% of telemedicine and 67% of urgent care visits.
Source: Pediatrics,April 2019
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