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Government to monitor Medicare drug prescription use to ferret out possible safety issues

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May 22, 2008
        

By KEVIN FREKING , Associated Press WASHINGTON - Federal health officials will begin monitoring prescription drug usage by millions of Medicare participants in an effort to identify potential safety problems. New regulations announced Thursday by the Health and Human Services Department will...

                   

New safety program to monitor Medicare drug use (AP)

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May 22, 2008
        

By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Federal health officials will begin monitoring prescription drug usage by millions of Medicare participants in an effort to identify potential safety problems. New regulations announced Thursday by the Health and Human Services...

                   

New Efforts to Help Improve Medical Products for Patient Safety and Quality of Medical Care

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May 22, 2008
        

May 22, 2008 (HHS.Gov) -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced efforts underway at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that will complement each other to improve patient safety and the quality of medical care.

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Health officials get tool to monitor drug safety

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May 22, 2008
        

Monitors urged for all with high blood pressure McDonald's cooking fries in trans-fat-free oil Health officials get tool to monitor drug safety Federal health officials will mine prescription drug usage by millions of participants in the Medicare drug program to look for problems with medicines...

                   

U.S. health officials get tools to monitor drug safety

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May 22, 2008
        

By Kevin Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal health officials will use new regulatory authority to monitor prescription drug usage by millions Medicare participants for potential safety problems with medicines and medical devices. Personally identifying information will stay inside...

                   

Health Officials Get Tool To Monitor Drug Safety

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May 22, 2008
        

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Federal health officials are getting new authority to mine prescription drug usage by millions of participants in the Medicare drug program to look for safety problems with medicines and medical devices after they hit the market. The Food and Drug Administration has been under...

                   

New Efforts to Help Improve Medical Products for Patient Safety and ..

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May 22, 2008
        

Donderdag 22 mei 2008 | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ] HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced efforts underway at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that will complement each other to improve

                   

New Efforts to Help Improve Medical Products for Patient Safety and Quality of Medical Care

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May 22, 2008
        

Posted on: Thursday, 22 May 2008, 15:00 CDT WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A CMS final regulation published today will make it possible for federal agencies, states, and academic researchers to use claims data from the Medicare prescription drug program (Part D) -- subject to...

FDA, CMS Teaming Up on Product Tracking Program

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May 22, 2008
        

WASHINGTON - After years of discussion, government officials Thursday revealed initial details about the FDA's new public-private initiative to create a national, integrated, electronic system for monitoring the safety and efficacy of medical products. The network, known as Sentinel, is intended...

                   

FDA unveils plan to monitor drug safety

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May 22, 2008
        

Federal health officials are getting new authority to mine prescription drug usage by millions of participants in the Medicare drug program to look for safety problems with medicines and medical devices after they hit the market. ... New regulations unveiled Thursday by...