Doctors who have “telemedicine” visits with pediatric patients prescribe antibiotics more often than do urgent-care clinics or regular office visits, according to new research. Many health insurance companies offer coverage for “direct-to-consumer” telemedicine visits, in which people use their personal devices to connect with doctors. These types of visits are becoming more common for both… Continue reading Is Telemedicine The Best Choice for KIds?
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The Link Between Doctors and Drug Sales Representatives
Limiting how pharmaceutical sales representatives market their products to physicians changes the doctors’ drug prescribing behaviors, according to new research. A team, led by the University of California, Los Angeles’ Ian Larkin and Carnegie Mellon University’s George Loewenstein, examined restrictions 19 academic medical centers (AMCs) in five U.S. states placed on pharmaceutical representatives’ visits to… Continue reading The Link Between Doctors and Drug Sales Representatives