Direct to prescriber advertising ?

Viagra and Cialis ads coming to an EHR near you.  Let's hope no EHR vendor makes ads a required part of their EHR. 

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VA patient health record challenge

I absolutely love the crowd-source methodology for solving complex problems.  Kudos to the VA for giving the ingenious developers of this country a chance to show off their vision for a usable patient health record.  This challenge received over 200 entries, and has some fantastic design presentations.  

Jump over to Github for more specifics on each design.  The winner for best overall design (click picture for direct link):  

Near and dear to our hearts; the winner for best medication design (click picture for direct link):

Simple, uncluttered, visual, and you can print a 1 page summary!  

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Drug approvals 2012

ASHP Puts together a nice list of drugs approved in 2012.  

Lots of biologics and chemotherapeutic agents.  Quadrivalent flu vaccine is cool and will keep us productive more days next year.  Apixiban has potential as an anticoagulant, would be nice to get some folks off of warfarin if warranted and safer.  Very few antimicrobials.

If you want the full list from the FDA, navigate to CenterWatch.  

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