HCNN Press
The HCNN is the new online drug warning service for physicians, physician assistants, and other health care professionals. Traditionally, drug safety warnings (also known as "Dear Doctor letters" or “DDLs”) were sent to physicians and other prescribers on paper-based letters via traditional U.S. mail – a slow, error-prone process. By providing electronic delivery of FDA-mandated drug safety notifications that are time-sensitive and product-related, the HCNN dramatically improves patient safety, reduces medical liability, and helps ensure regulatory compliance. HCNN-qualifying safety notifications comprise a number of patient safety-related Alerts, including recalls, label changes, and new FDA programs like Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS).
Press Releases
September 9, 2009
PDR Moves Online and Interactive with HCNN Merger
July 23, 2009
Health Care Notification Network Offers CME for Online Safety Alerts
March 25, 2009
More than 70,000 Physician Assistants to Join National Drug Alerts Network
December 17, 2008
The AGA Institute Joins National Drug Alerts Network
December 10, 2008
Council of Medical Specialty Societies Representing 500,000 Physicians Joins National Drug Alerts Network
November 1, 2008
Delaware, New York, Texas & Washington Join National Drug Alert Effort
November 1, 2008
Surgeons, Endocrinologists and Emergency Medicine Add 100,000 Physicians to National Drug Alerts Network
October 28, 2008
First Online Drug Alerts Go to U.S. Doctors
September 30, 2008
MxSecure Unites with HCNN to Deliver Urgent Patient Safety Alerts
July 10, 2008
Cardiologists and Ob-Gyns Join National Drug Alerts Network
May 27, 2008
Over 100,000 U.S. Doctors to Get Drug Alerts Online
March 25, 2008
Drug Alerts Sent Instantly to U.S. Doctors via Email on New National Network
In the News
Health Data Management: September 16, 2009
PDR Merges with Alert Network
AAP SmartBrief: September 16, 2009
Register Now to Receive Online Patient Safety Alerts
Dow Jones: September 14, 2009
Lee Equity Buys Physicians' Desk Reference from Thomson Reuters
Psychiatric News: September 4, 2009
New Member Benefits: Register to Receive Drug Alerts Online
AAP SmartBrief: July 16, 2009
Register Now to Receive Online Patient Safety Alerts
AAP SmartBrief: July 10, 2009
New Member Benefit – Health Care Notification Network
AAP News: July, 2009
For Your Benefit: Top 10 Reasons to Value Your AAP Membership
American Family Physician: May 15, 2009
New E-Mail Service Notifies Physicians About FDA-Mandated Patient Safety Alerts
Medicine and Technology: April 27, 2009
Did You Get Your HCNN Alert?
AAFP News Now: April 22, 2009
AAFP Invites Members to Sign Up for Health Care Notification Network
Manage My Practice: March 9, 2009
Attention Doctors: Sign Up Today for Medication Recalls and Warnings
MSSNY News of New York: February 1, 2009
Sign Up for Immediate Online FDA-Mandated Drug Alerts
Managed Healthcare Executive: January 1, 2009
Pharmacy Best Practices
Physician’s News Digest: December 1, 2008
Health Networks
Medical Marketing & Media: December 1, 2008
Update
Texas Medicine: November 21, 2008
Health Care Notification Network
The Pink Sheet Daily: November 10, 2008
Electronic "Dear Doctor" Network For Safety Alerts Goes Live
The Gray Sheet: November 10, 2008
Electronic "Dear Doctor" Network For Safety Alerts Goes Live
Pharmaceutical Commerce: October 31, 2008
First "Dear Doctor" Notice Arrives Via Online Network
Pharma Marketletter: October 29, 2008
Electronic Drug Alert Goes Live in USA
Crittenden's Medical Insurance News: October 27, 2008
HCNN Alerts Help Decrease Risks
Chilmark Research: September 18, 2008
Getting the Word Out, FDA Partners with Medem
Crittenden’s Medical Insurance: September 8, 2008
HCNN Adds Organizations to Free Alert System
Contemporary OB/GYN: September 1, 2008
Drug Safety Alerts Move to the Internet
Best's Review: September, 2008
Deleting the "In" Box
Pharmaceutical Commerce: August 25, 2008
"Dear Doctor" letters are going electronic, via HCNN
Physician’s News Digest: August 1, 2008
Health Networks
Doctor’s Digest: July/August, 2008
Online Alerts: Technology to Improve Patient Care
Healthcare IT News: July 22, 2008
Cardiologists and Ob-Gyns Join Online National Drug Alerts Network
FDA News: July 15, 2008
HCNN Signs up 150,000 Physicians, Expects to Send First Safety Alert in July
Renal & Urology News: July 15, 2008
Malpractice News: Physicians to Receive Safety Alerts by E-mail
Drug Industry Daily: July 15, 2008
HCNN Signs up 150,000 Physicians
The GMP Letter: July 15, 2008
Network Expects to Send First Safety Alert This Month
Health Imaging News: June 23, 2008
FDA, AMA Promote Drug, Device Notification System for Physicians
Physician’s Weekly: June 23, 2008
A New Resource for Drug Safety Alerts
American Medical News: June 23-30, 2008
FDA goes digital for faster “Dear Doctor” letters
AAFP News Now: June, 2008
HCNN: New Service Replaces Paper-based Product Safety Alerts With E-Mails
AAP News: May, 2008
New Network Offers Drug Alerts Instantly
Pediatrics: May 1, 2008
Drug Updates Via Email: Just What Doctor Ordered
AMA e-Voice: April 24, 2008
Physicians: Enroll today in HCNN Drug Alert Network
Crittenden’s Medical Insurance News: April 21, 2008
Free Alert System May Impact Premiums
darkREADING: April 18, 2008
An Rx for Doctors Suffering From Spam Attacks
Government Health IT: April 8, 2008
FDA ready to send electronic 'Dear Doctor' notes
The Greenville News: April 6, 2008
New FDA policy will speed up news about medicine
PRWeek: April 4, 2008
E-mail service comes to healthcare industry
Hospital Information Technology Europe: April 3, 2008
Drug alerts and emergency info sent to doctors via email
WKYC-TV (NBC/Cleveland): April 2, 2008
New service sends drug safety alerts directly to doctors
Physician Insurer: First Quarter 2008
From Paper to Patient Safety
The Pink Sheet: March 31, 2008
Electronic “Dear Doctor” Network Signs Up 40,000 Physicians
Health Imaging News: March 28, 2008
New, free network sends drug alerts to U.S. docs via email
Physicians News Digest: March 28, 2008
Physicians can now sign up to receive prescription drug safety alerts via e-mail instead of through postal mail
San Francisco Chronicle: March 27, 2008
Online network offers drug data by e-mail
Pharma MarketLetter: March 27, 2008
E-mail drug alerts for U.S. physicians launched
AHIP SmartBrief: March 26, 2008
Network will e-mail pharmaceutical alerts to physicians
Healthcare IT News: March 26, 2008
Online network sends instant drug safety alerts to docs
Health Data Management: March 26, 2008
Network to Disseminate Safety Alerts
Digital Healthcare & Productivity: March 25, 2008
FDA, AMA, Others Back New Health Care Notification Network
JnJ By The Way: March 25, 2008
Getting the Word Out
FierceHealthcare/FiercePharma: March 25, 2008
Drug updates to come via email
HealthLeaders Media: March 25, 2008
Drug updates via e-mail: Just what the doctor ordered
American Healthline: March 25, 2008
Web Site to Notify MDs of Label Changes, Warnings
Congress Daily: March 25, 2008
Healthcare Groups Work With FDA On Notification System
Modern Physician: March 25, 2008
Free Patient-Safety Alert System Launched
ComputerWorld: March 25, 2008
New Network Will Quickly Tell Doctors of Drug, Device Problems
Kaiser Network: March 25, 2008
Not-for-Profit Group To Launch Web Site To Notify Physicians of Medication Label Changes, Warnings, Recalls
iHealthBeat: March 25, 2008
New Web Site To Send Medication Warnings to Physicians Via E-Mail
Modern Healthcare: March 25, 2008
Patient-Safety Alerts
Wall Street Journal: March 25, 2008
Drug Updates Via Email: Just What Doctor Ordered