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Shoppers Drug Mart launches new physician portal in an effort to improve patient care
Shoppers Health Care Portal the first of its kind in Canada TORONTO, June 13, 2012 /C...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nShoppers Health Care Portal the first of its kind in Canada\n\n\nTORONTO, June 13, 2012 /CNW/ - Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation today\n launched the Shoppers Health Care Portal, a website designed to provide\n Canadian health care professionals with access to drug reimbursement\n information and clinical tools with the goal of improving patient care.\n\n\nThe first of its kind in Canada, the Shoppers Health Care Portal, is a\n web-based application, available to physicians, nurse practitioners and\n registered nurses. The portal will give registered users access to drug\n coverage reimbursement and clinical eligibility criteria for more than\n 200 special authorization medications, as well as patient assistant\n program information.\n\n\n\"As a patient-focused organization, Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix is\n dedicated to making health information and services available to the\n communities we serve,\" says Dr. Dorian Lo, Executive Vice-President,\n Pharmacy & Healthcare. \"The Shoppers Health Care Portal will help to\n provide physicians and extended health care teams with key\n reimbursement information and requirements needed to ensure their\n patients receive the most appropriate medications for their condition.\"\n\n\nIn addition to drug coverage information, subscribers registered users\n will also have access to the British Medical Journal's Clinical\n Assessment Tool Best Practice, which provides information on more than 10,000 conditions, Lexi-CALC™\n medical calculators, the Lexi-Interact™ drug interaction database,\n printable patient handouts by condition, links to allied health\n resources and much more.\n\n\n\"Drug reimbursement guidelines can be complicated and can require\n lengthy interpretation and advocacy for patients who require\n medications that are subject to restrictions,\" said Dr. John Esdaile,\n Scientific Director of the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada and\n Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia. \"The\n introduction of this portal provides improved access to the information\n and resources needed to determine the clinical and reimbursement\n requirements that should result in a greater number of Canadians\n receiving optimal treatment at an affordable cost.\"\n\n\n\"There are significant gaps in treatment and care for people living with\n arthritis,\...