> Tennessee's Medicaid program and one of its Medicaid managed care providers have announced that they plan to kick off an e-prescribing pilot program in 13 of the state's rural counties. Report [1]
> New calls for old drug data in the U.K. have experts second-guessing big drug-safety scandals. If scientists and regulators had had access to every bit of data on Vioxx from the get-go, for instance, would heart attacks and strokes have been averted? Report [2]
> After waiting for nearly a month, officials at the NIH alerted some 2,500 people that their names, addresses and detailed personal health information gathered from heart scans in a clinical trial were purloined when an unknown person stole a government laptop with the data on it. Report [3]
And Finally... Looks like breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. Article [4]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/tenncare-and-blue-plans-launch-e-prescribing-test/2008-03-24
[2] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/could-full-data-disclosure-avert-scandal/2008-03-24
[3] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/clinical-trial-data-disappears-in-nih-laptop-heist/2008-03-24
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/health/nutrition/25brea.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin