. The new service, called RxEvent, is now available to all U.S. prescribers via integration into electronic health record ("EHR") platforms and other online services, including directly at www.RxEvent.org .
Roughly half a million adverse drug events are reported annually to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") and the number is growing rapidly according to data from the FDA. More than 90 percent of these reports come from pharmaceutical manufacturers who receive them initially from physicians and other providers, typically via telephone. Manufacturers then triage and attempt to investigate these reports, notifying the FDA when appropriate. Published studies indicate that as few as one in ten adverse drug events are actually reported by healthcare professionals largely due to the time-consuming and inefficient processes involved in reporting adverse drug events.
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