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Healthwise Adds Drug Interaction Checker to the Healthwise(R) Knowledgebase
New Interactive Tool Can Help Warn Against Dangerous Interactions
| Source: Healthwise
BOISE, ID -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 17, 2007 -- One way to improve health care quality and to
reduce costs is to avoid drug interactions. Healthwise is making that
easier for both patient and for the health organizations that serve them.
The new Healthwise Drug Interaction Checker can be added to the Healthwise
Knowledgebase and provides information about potential duplications and
interactions of multiple prescription and over-the-counter medications with
foods, herbal supplements, and vitamins -- all at the same time and in one
easy-to-understand report.
People may find the Healthwise Drug Interaction Checker easier to use and
understand than many other drug checkers, because this new tool uses plain
language. People can quickly and clearly understand how two or more drugs
might not work well together. Most drug checkers target clinicians and
provide the information in medical terms that are unfamiliar to the average
person.
"Avoiding drug interactions can save money, time, and lives," said Donald
Kemper, MPH, Healthwise founder and CEO. "The Healthwise Drug Interaction
Checker makes it easy for people to work with their doctors to prevent
medication errors and avoid dangerous combinations."
Health plans, physicians, hospitals, disease management companies, and
other organizations can add the Healthwise Drug Interaction Checker as an
option to the Healthwise Knowledgebase. Healthwise hosts, manages, and
updates the content of the Healthwise Drug Interaction Checker, making it
easy for organizations to provide it to the people they serve.
The Healthwise Drug Interaction Checker is an easy-to-use and
easy-to-understand tool that can help people safely use medications,
supplements, and over-the-counter drugs. When the Healthwise Knowledgebase
includes the Drug Interaction Checker, people have a one-stop resource to
help them make better decisions about their health and their medications.
About Healthwise
Healthwise is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make
better health decisions. Nearly 90 million times a year, people turn to
Healthwise information to learn how to do more for themselves, ask for the
care they need, and say "no" to the care they don't need. Healthwise
partners with health plans, hospitals, disease management companies, and
health Web sites to provide up-to-date, evidence-based information to the
people they serve. To learn more about the Healthwise Information Therapy
(Ix®) Solution, visit www.healthwise.org or call 1.800.706.9646.