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When I started a solo practice in Internal Medicine a year ago, I made the decision to have a fully implemented EMR and P

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

ractice Management System. I utilize a tablet PC linked wirelessly to an on-location server, and I had found the followin

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

g measures to be very helpful in enhancing my efficiency during a typical work day.

Have A Central Documents Location

Af

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

ter firing up the tablet PC and starting the EMR program, I also open the internet browser. I have created folders on the

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

server containing documents pertinent to patient encounters. This makes it easy to access these documents without having t

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

o leave the exam room.

For instance, I have a folder for my most commonly used Patient Education materials.There is anoth

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

er folder for the Vaccine Information Sheets, and another for screening forms for various conditions.

Make Best Use of Th

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

e Internet

I added several very helpful bookmarks on my web browser. The AAFP website familydoc-tor.org is a great resour

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

ce for more patient education materials that are not in my collection. I also use Medscape.com for the same purpose. Medsc

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

ape even has animations – a cool teaching tool for conditions like disk herniation.

For Evidence-Based information, and m

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

dications resource, I access ACP’s PIER (Physician In-formation and Education Resource), and Epocrates online, which serv

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

es as back-up to my EMR’s e-prescribing feature.

Other useful sites include flashcode.com for quick ICD-9 look up, and th

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

e 10-year CHD risk as-sessor from the National Cholesterol Education Program. This is also a useful teaching and mo-tivati

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

onal tool as I could do ‘what if’ scenarios and tell the patient how their quantitative CHD risk changes when the risk fac

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

tors are modified.

Centralized Printing

Strategic placement of the printer (and a back-up) further enhances efficiency.

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As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

All printed materials including controlled prescriptions are ready at check-out by visit’s end.

I have found that this sy

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

stem significantly reduces clutter, keeps materials up to date, boosts efficiency, and best of all, is almost free! It ha

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

s enhanced the visit experience for both myself, and the patients who generally feel that I had done a little extra for t

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

hem. It goes to show that there is more to a ‘paperless’ office than just having the electronic medical record itself.. Th

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ese extra perks on workflow keep things moving smoothly and help ensure a more thorough and mean-ingful patient encounter

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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