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Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2005;294:3075.

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New regulations are now requiring drug manufacturers to electronically submit to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) such prescription drug label information as prescribing and product details for all drugs. Electronic labels will be part of DailyMed, a new interagency online health information clearinghouse that will provide up-to-date medication information free to consumers and health care workers (http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov).

Electronic prescription drug labels will be part of an online health information clearinghouse providing free up-to-date information about medications to patients and clinicians. (Photo credit: M. P. Gadomski/www.sciencesource.com)

Embedded computer tags will allow drug information to be electronically managed, and individuals can search for specific information, such as product names, indications, and dosages. It is anticipated that the system will result in fewer prescribing errors and improvements in the FDA drug labeling review process.

Updated drug labels will be posted on the site within 1 . . . [Full Text of this Article]