France: official report on pharma industry and patient compliance programs

Le Monde article discloses confidential official French report stating that patient compliance programs should be stopped because by helping chronic patients follow their prescriptions, the financial benefit to pharma companies is high. This blogger hopes that the journalist is inaccurate in his interpretation and wonders why we don’t just stop patients from getting diagnosed; this would be even cheaper? ...

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France: Electronic Medical Record (EMR) “DMP” officially criticized

Major setback for France’s EMR system ...

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WOHIT – World of Health IT

The recent second edition of the World of Health IT was held in Vienna. I would be interested in reading comments from any participants. Please find below the presentation I made regarding the Veterans’ Health Administration outstanding use of IT to further the quality of care. Téléchargement WOHIT-Vienna-Silber2-ebook.pdf...

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New: Digital Hospital News, Subscribe Now – Free !

new electronic quarterly newsletter, Digital Hospital News, about the… digital hospital ! ...

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Neil Versel’s Healthcare IT Blog

Check out Neil Versel’s Healthcare IT Blog. Neil is a kindred spirit, spreading the word about health IT. Neil podcasted me,  and it’s now up and ready for listening....

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About eHealth in France: Electronic médical record

For more information about EMR’s in France, don’t hesitate to contact the author of this blog, Denise Silber. ...

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New Executive Officers Pharmba

Before the Pharmba meeting Nov 9th, Paris, with Speakers, two CEOs: B. Timmerman (BTPharma), M. Morre (Cytheris), Pharmba elected its officers: President, Denise Silber; Vice-President Bernard Ginet; Treasurer, Etienne Blondiaux, Co-Secretaries, Alain Pujol, Marie-Hélèné Royer....

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