Alert System
In the past, physicians have received notifications from the FDA regarding safety alerts to various medications on paper. Now, the recently launched Health Care Notification Network will send any safety alerts to doctors and hospitals via email. The new system is believed to bring down the risk of malpractice litigation.
“The majority of U.S. liability carriers are asking their physicians to enroll today. Delivering product re-calls and warnings immediately online has the potential to directly improve patient safety and reduce malpractice claims—and, ultimately, decrease malpractice insurance premiums,” said David Troxel, MD, an iHealth Alliance board member and medical director of The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned liability carrier.
The newly formed HCNN is a joint effort between the FDA, medical societies, health plans and the pharmaceutical industry.