SmartMEDinfo works in direct coordination with your wellness program, increasing participation and really changing health habits in the workplace.
The SmartMEDinfo website educates clients on the fundamentals of being informed consumers before they consent to accept any given prescription, medical test or procedure.
No wellness program is complete without drug information.
Informed clients can stay healthy
• The majority of the top 25 grossing prescriptions are not lifesaving, and many of them were not even in existence a decade ago.
• Adverse drug effects (death or debility) have more than doubled in the last decade, as have FDA recalls of previously approved drugs.
Adverse drug events injure an estimated 1.5 million people each year, at a cost of approximately $3.5 billion. These numbers do not factor in lost wages, productivity, or additional healthcare costs incurred as a result of these injuries.
• Adverse drug reactions are known to be responsible for between 3 percent and 12 percent of hospital admissions, and fatal drug reactions account for about 5 percent of deaths of those patients in hospitals in the United States. Adverse Drug Reactions are estimated to account for the seventh most common cause of death.
• Drugs are routinely prescribed for conditions for which the drug was not FDA approved, called “off label” prescribing.
• 80.8% of the cost of employee healthcare was paid for out-of-pocket or by private insurance.
• Adverse drug effects (death or debility) have more than doubled in the last decade, as have FDA recalls of previously approved drugs.
Adverse drug events injure an estimated 1.5 million people each year, at a cost of approximately $3.5 billion. These numbers do not factor in lost wages, productivity, or additional healthcare costs incurred as a result of these injuries.
• Adverse drug reactions are known to be responsible for between 3 percent and 12 percent of hospital admissions, and fatal drug reactions account for about 5 percent of deaths of those patients in hospitals in the United States. Adverse Drug Reactions are estimated to account for the seventh most common cause of death.
• Drugs are routinely prescribed for conditions for which the drug was not FDA approved, called “off label” prescribing.
• Three of the top five drugs prescribed to dependent children were optional with no clear medical indication, and amounted to $1.3 billion in costs.
Q: What if your clients were informed of the known possible side effects of every prescription they were given?
A: They would recognize the need to maintain health through non-drug regimens such as chiropractic, nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices.
Q: What if consumers knew how well a drug really worked, or not?
A: Many would decide against taking an optional prescription altogether, and would be more likely to embrace the effective technologies of alternative therapies.
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.
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Clients get smart with SmartMEDinfo.com
Medical News: Get a concise summary and interpretation of the latest-breaking medical news and announcements, free of the usual 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.
How to be a Smart Consumer: Watch the introductory video and see the series of brief articles for an orientation to the rights and responsibilities of Informed Consent.
Fact Files™: Look up individual fact sheets on common prescription drugs, and find out what the drug does, what is known and not known about its safety, and how well it actually works (or not).
The LowDown™: Find out information that your doctor may not be telling you or may not know. Explore the expanding library of videos and articles on various medical conditions so that you can make smart decisions.
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The doctors and pharmacists at SmartMEDinfo communicate clearly so that the reader is truly informed.
Let your clients known that you care about the quality of their health — Contact us to find out how to make SmartMEDinfo.com available to your clients. We have special rates for Wellness Programs.
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.
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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]
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