The RN said that Pfizer thinks that many patients without high cholesterol are missing out on their statins because they are in the new qualifying risk groups which were announced at the beginning of the year.
A whole new market - missed by uneducated GPs - Pfizer seeks to rectify this. fee >-- Original Message -- >Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:04:54 +1000 >From: David Guest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > General Practice Computing Group Talk <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] BEACH thinks computers don't help GP quality >Reply-To: General Practice Computing Group Talk <[email protected]> > > >Oliver Frank wrote: >> David Guest wrote: >> >>> If this is true, it would be only the second time, as far as I am >>> aware, of HCN allowing hooks into their software. >> >> As Basil Fawlty said to the German guest who he thought was asking >> whether he had to supply his own food, "Not necessary!". >No Oliver. > >If I understand Fee correctly, you type 'Fra, Oli' in the patient >selection box and a message pops up saying "Give this patient Lipitor, >you loser", or words to that effect. > >So Pfizer is happy. HCN is happy. The patients aren't all that happy. >They think you are in the pocket of the druggies. The GPs aren't happy. >They didn't even get a free lunch out of it. The Feds aren't all that >happy because the bill for statins just doubled. > >The bottom line, however, is that death from heart disease is lower. So >it's all good. > >David >_______________________________________________ >Gpcg_talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
