Shaky start for Sunshine Act. CVS health adherence, persistence reporting (PMVR 10.6.2014)

This week’s Pharma Research VIDEO Report from co-partners RFL Communications and the Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Group, is sponsored by the Toluna Healthcare Practice, offering highly engaged physicians, health professionals and ailment sufferers for global research using cutting-edge methodologies, sophisticated, yet easy-to-use analytic tools and specialized products including Pharmacy Intercept, dedicated communities, patient record studies and more.

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On this PRVR: 1) One year after the Affordable Care Act’s launch, the Sunshine Act takes effect and the Open Payment data website, with detail about how much individual MDs received from pharmacies and medical device manufacturers, is “live.” (http://www.vox.com/2014/9/30/6868897/you-can-now-search-for-your-doctors-pharma-payments-online-sunshine-act)

2) CVS Health has signed on with the Medstar Health Group’s 10 Baltimore/Washington-area hospitals and 4,000 physicians to share with patients’ doctors treatment details.