Enhancing Patient Care: Value of Pharmaceutical Medical Information Services

Information concerning medications is a necessity for nurse practitioners and other clinicians. Pharmaceutical companies’ Medical Information services are an option for evidence-based, scientifically balanced information. This survey elicited clinicians’ opinions regarding the use and utility of Med...

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Published in:Journal for nurse practitioners 2021-07, Vol.17 (7), p.840-845
Main Authors: Albano, Dominick, Follman, Stacey, Patel, Yesha D., Gantotti, Sandeep, Reilly, Patrick, Hermes-DeSantis, Evelyn R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
clinical impact
Clinical information
drug information
FDA approval
health care provider survey
Information services
Information sources
Likert scale
Marketing
medical information
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
patient resource
Patients
phactMI
Pharmaceutical industry
Polls & surveys
Practice nursing
scientific response document
Third party
Transparency
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Summary:Information concerning medications is a necessity for nurse practitioners and other clinicians. Pharmaceutical companies’ Medical Information services are an option for evidence-based, scientifically balanced information. This survey elicited clinicians’ opinions regarding the use and utility of Medical Information services. The top reasons cited for not using the services included bias, awareness, and lack of transparency. Awareness of availability and quality of information from Medical Information services and addressing bias and transparency issues are needed. Clinicians who requested information from Medical Information services indicated receiving high-quality and useful information that had a clinical impact or provided a patient benefit. •Medical Information services are nonpromotional, scientifically balanced, and evidence based.•Clinicians who use Medical Information services rated the content quality as a 4 to 5 on a 5-point Likert scale.•Information from Medical Information services was most often used for education of self and patients.•Information from Medical Information services had a perceived positive impact and/or provided patient benefit according to clinicians in the survey.•Main concerns for not using Medical Information services were bias, awareness, and transparency.
ISSN:1555-4155
1878-058X
DOI:10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.01.009