The SmartMEDinfo website educates clients on the fundamentals of being informed consumers before they consent to accept any given prescription, medical test or procedure. This is called Informed Consent.
Q: What if clients were informed of the known possible side effects of every prescription they were given?
A: They would recognize drug side effects when they occur, and avoid the snowball of getting prescribed more drugs to treat these effects.
Informed clients are
good for business
Reduces drug costs.
Corrects misconceptions about drugs.
Avoids unnecessary drug side effects.
Reduces overall health care costs.
Helps clients stay healthy.
Raises the responsibility level of clients.
Reduces absenteeism.
Improves the work environment.
Did you know:
•Total U.S. prescription drug expenditures are projected to hit over $497.5 billion by 2016. This is compared to $200.7 billion spent on U.S. prescriptions in 2005—a 148% increase.
•$200.7 billion was spent on prescription drugs in the U.S. in 2005, up from the $179.2 billion spent just two years before.
•Prescription drug expenses in the U.S. account for approximately 20% of total health expenses
•Client healthcare is soaring faster than any other business cost, and prescription drug costs increase faster than any other health care expense.
•The majority of the top 25 grossing prescriptions are not lifesaving, and many of them were not even in existence a decade ago.
Q: What if clients knew how well a drug really worked, or not?
A: Many would decide against taking an optional prescription altogether.
Clients are educated on how to find out the risks of medication including what is known and not known about the safety of a drug. SmartMEDinfo.com educates clients so that they can sort out what is advertising from what is actually proven about how well a drug works.
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SmartMEDinfo website gives them the Low Down™ on various medical topics and the full FactFile™ on specific drugs. SmartMEDinfo communicates clearly, making complex medical topics understandable to everyone. Clients get essential information that can be immediately used to make informed decisions about prescription drugs, medical tests and procedures.
Your clients get smart with SmartMEDinfo.com
Medical News: Click on SmartMEDinfo.com to get a concise summary and interpretation of the latest-breaking medical news, FDA announcements and new drug warnings, free of the usual reporting bias.
Doctor’s blog: Keep pace with what our lead doctor is uncovering and ongoing helpful tips she gives about how to be in charge of your health care.
LowDown™: Here you will find short videos and in depth articles providing information that your medical doctor may not be telling you or may not know. Explore the expanding library of articles and videos explaining the controversial sides of conventional medical advice.
Fact Files™: Look up individual fact sheets on common prescription drugs, and find out what the drug does, what’s known and not known about its safety, and how well it actually works (or not).
How to be a Smart Consumer: Watch the introductory video and see the series of brief articles for an orientation to your rights and responsibilities as a smart health care consumer.
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The doctors and pharmacists at SmartMEDinfo communicate clearly so that the reader is truly informed.
Let your clients know that you care about the quality of their health — Contact us to find out how to make SmartMEDinfo.com available to your clients. We offer special rates to insurance providers.
No conflicts of interest
Over 95% of web-based medical information sites are directly sponsored or indirectly monetarily influenced by drug makers or medical device manufacturers. Those sites actually encourage prescription drug consumption. [Read more]
The SmartMEDinfo website is free of any conflicts of interest. The physicians and pharmacists who compose the content have no medical product to sell, we are not in the pay of any product manufacturer and hold no stocks or interests in any pharmaceutical company. We don’t hide unfavorable information about drugs and medical procedures. [See About Us]
Meet the founder of SmartMEDinfo.com™
Moira Dolan, MD is a Board Certified Internal Medicinephysician and Executive Director of theMedical Accountability Network. Dr. Dolaneducates widely on Informed Consent togroups including employees, emergency responsepersonnel, school boards, elected officials, public health boards, physicians, public defenders, community groups, fraud examiners and University seminars. Dr. Dolan periodically testifies to legislative bodies as well as at FDA advisory committee hearings. Dr. Dolan serves as a consultant to private industry, government agencies, advocacy groups and the legal profession. Dr.Dolan is author of the forthcoming book, Smart Medicine©, which defines a new role for patients in health care decisions.
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