UPMC adopts online drug sample ordering system
Healthcare IT News
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is implementing an online system for distributing drug samples to its physician offices, hospital-based clinics and outpatient pharmacies.
The UPMC eSample Center will allow physicians to order available samples, vouchers and coupons via a Web-based system accessible through UPMC’s intranet.
Described as a “virtual sample closet,” the system will be developed by MedManage Systems Inc. , a Bothell, Wash. -based provider of online prescription drug sampling technology.
Development of the eSample Center is a direct result of an industry relations policy adopted in February by UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences. Barbara Barnes, MD, vice president of sponsored programs, research support and continuing medical education at UPMC, said the university is committed to ensuring that interactions with the drug and medical device industries produce benefits for patient care, research and medical education.