January/February - West Virginia State Medical Association
January/February - West Virginia State Medical Association
January/February - West Virginia State Medical Association
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AMA | NEWS Continued<br />
As an additional benefit, since<br />
these data are based on filled<br />
prescriptions, they also serve as an<br />
overall marker for compliance in<br />
the physician’s patient population.<br />
Q: Where does the<br />
prescribing data for AMA<br />
Therapeutic Insights come from?<br />
A: The prescribing data<br />
are provided by IMS Health,<br />
a healthcare information<br />
organization (HIO). The HIOs<br />
routinely obtain prescribing<br />
data from pharmacies, claims<br />
processors, and Pharmacy Benefit<br />
Managers (PBMs). Prescribing<br />
data purchased by HIOs, which<br />
are subject to HIPAA privacy<br />
requirements, do not contain<br />
patient identifiable information.<br />
Q: Who develops the<br />
content for the newsletters?<br />
A: The AMA’s extensive<br />
editorial board of top experts<br />
permits the AMA to collaborate<br />
with leading disease specialists<br />
in the development of AMA<br />
Therapeutic Insights newsletters. In<br />
many cases the physician author of<br />
a newsletter was also involved in<br />
the development of the treatment<br />
guidelines for that disease topic.<br />
Q: How can CME<br />
credit be obtained?<br />
A: Each program is certified for<br />
AMA PRA Category 1 credit TM . The<br />
CME self-assessment may be taken<br />
online or the completed answer<br />
sheet provided with the newsletter<br />
may be faxed or mailed to the AMA.<br />
Q: What are the current<br />
newsletter topics and what<br />
topics are coming up?<br />
A: The four most recent issues<br />
are available at: www.ama-assn.<br />
org/go/therapeuticinsights<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> treatment of lower<br />
urinary tract symptoms<br />
secondary to BPH<br />
• Gaining control of<br />
asthma in children<br />
• Management of osteoporosis<br />
in primary care<br />
• Management of depression<br />
in primary care<br />
Each newsletter is available<br />
online for one year, with<br />
a new Therapeutic Insights<br />
topic added each quarter<br />
Q: How do I obtain<br />
more information on AMA<br />
Therapeutic Insights?<br />
A: The program can be<br />
accessed online at www.ama-assn.<br />
org/go/therapeuticinsights.<br />
Want a little<br />
insight into<br />
therapeutic<br />
prescribing?<br />
AMA Therapeutic Insights delivers. The new online continuing medical education<br />
(CME) newsletter from the American <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Association</strong> offers:<br />
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Visit www.ama-assn.org/go/therapeuticinsights<br />
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<strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> physicians can now access personal prescribing reports<br />
for all four newsletter topics.<br />
<strong>January</strong>/<strong>February</strong>, 2009, Vol. 105 45
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