Message Boards
Today's Active Topics Today's Active Cases Browse Forum Categories My Recent Activity My Messages Private Groups My Marked Threads My Subscriptions
Today's Active Images Today's Active Polls Most Active Topics Global Townie Map Advanced Message Board Search Message Board Terms of Use

National “Know the Label” Campaign Launches to Better Educate Physicians on Frequently Changing Medi

Start Discussion
Posted: February 1, 2011
National “Know the Label” Campaign Launches to Better Educate Physicians on Frequently Changing Medication Labeling

-- PDR Network and The Doctors Company Partner to Provide Free CME for
Physicians to Improve Patient Care, Reduce Professional Liability --

-- Free Online CME Program through PDR.net Allows Busy Physicians to Stay
Up-to-Date Conveniently from Their Desktop --

MONTVALE, N.J. – January 25, 2011 – PDR Network and The Doctors Company today announced the launch of “Know the Label” – a national campaign to educate physicians and improve their knowledge of ever-changing FDA-approved medication labeling.

According to PDR Network, one in four (25 percent) of FDA-approved drugs included in the 2011 edition of the Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR) were new or had clinically significant changes to their labels since 2010. This frequent change in drug labeling poses a significant challenge to busy physicians in both providing optimal patient care and minimizing professional liability. Professional liability carriers report that approximately 30 percent of medical malpractice suits include some drug-related aspects in the complaint. In those cases, the then-current FDA-approved drug labeling is often the standard to which physicians are held by the courts.

It is the professional responsibility of each physician to stay current on all label changes to the medications they most frequently prescribe. The “Know the Label” program will help address this issue by providing a new online service where physicians can earn free Continuing Medical Education (“CME”) credit for reading full FDA-approved medication labeling. The free CME program, easily accessed online at PDR.net, offers the credit required by each physician to maintain their license, while providing the knowledge to provide better patient care and potentially reduce their professional liability.

“We know that physicians and other prescribers are increasingly busy and can struggle to find time to stay current with all the changes in pharmaceutical labeling,” explained Janet Woodcock, M.D., director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA. “We congratulate The Doctors Company and PDR Network for finding a practical and novel way for physicians to access the full updated labeling through electronic means and have it available at the point of prescribing. This effort dovetails nicely with our Safe Use Initiative and our intent to reduce preventable harm from pharmaceutical products.”

Full Prescription Labeling and Litigation
A White Paper commissioned by PDR Network from the medical malpractice defense specialists Vaslas Lepowsky Hauss & Danke LLP, and recently published in the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Update magazine surveys hundreds of medical malpractice lawsuits in key jurisdictions and highlights the direct link between FDA-approved labeling and the standard to which physicians are held in U.S. court. According to the paper, physicians need to take an active role in understanding ongoing changes to drug labels – their first reading of the full FDA-approved drug label should not occur during trial preparation.

This legal review was commissioned by PDR Network to underscore the link between full FDA-approved labeling and professional liability. For 65 years it has been the mission of PDR Network to support physicians, prescribers and other healthcare professionals by deliver this important drug information allowing them to both safely treat their patients and potentially reduce their professional liability. For a copy of the full White Paper, please visit http://www.pdr.net/edu/2011JanWhitePaper.pdf.

PDR Network
PDR Network LLC, is the leading distributor of drug labeling information, product safety Alerts and REMS programs, including Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR®), the most highly trusted and commonly used drug information reference available in the U.S, PDR.net, mobilePDR® and Health Care Notification Network (HCNN), the only service providing specialty-specific electronic delivery of FDA-approved safety Alerts to physicians. HCNN is governed by the not-for-profit iHealth Alliance. For more information, visit www.pdrnetwork.com

The Doctors Company
Founded by doctors for doctors in 1976, The Doctors Company (www.thedoctors.com) is relentlessly committed to advancing, protecting and rewarding the practice of good medicine. The Doctors Company is the largest national insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability with 55,000 member physicians, $3 billion in assets, an A rating by Fitch Ratings and an A- rating by A.M. Best Company.
For more information, please visit www.pdrnetwork.com or www.thedoctors.com.

Views: 18
Start Discussion
Dentaltown Magazine
November 2025
Dentaltown Magazine November 2025 Read Current Issue Read Archived Issues
Sponsors
Townie Perks
Townie® Poll
Do you do more or less endo procedures since you started practicing?
  
Site Menu
Message Boards Magazine Continuing Education Podcasts Blogs Classifieds Dental News Events Townie® Poll Ebooks Townie Choice Awards
Company Info
Contact Us Advertise With Us Howard Farran DDS, MBA Policies and Agreements
Site Help
The Dentaltown Team, Farran Media Support
Phone: +1-480-445-9710
Email: support@dentaltown.com
©2025 Dentaltown, a division of Farran Media • All Rights Reserved
9633 S. 48th Street Suite 200 • Phoenix, AZ 85044 • Phone:+1-480-598-0001 • Fax:+1-480-598-3450