MANAGED
CARE TRAINING KIT ‘PHARMACEUTICAL EDITION’ version 2.0 now available;
ESSENTIAL Managed Care e-learning
suite FOR Rx professionals
MODESTO,
CA, September 6, 2002
---- MCOL, the business-to-business health
management and managed care resource company, today released version 2.0 of
their popular e-learning application, the Managed Care Training Kit
“Pharmaceutical Edition” CD-ROM.
Says
Clive Riddle, MCOL President, "There's ‘A New Kind of Health Care’
sweeping the industry, with such elements as double-digit inflation, managed
care backlash, consumerism, HIPAA, e-health, disease management, and so many
pharmaceutical specific issues that even those who have worked in the industry
for a long time will benefit from understanding the current state of
pharmaceutical managed care, and how various managed care functions now fit into
this new environment. This Training Kit is an essential resource for all levels
of any organization involved with pharmaceuticals and managed care."
The
new edition provides a suite of essential managed care training modules for
those involved in the pharmaceutical industry, including the just released MCOL
Managed Care Training Manual version 5.0; the Rx Edition of the MCOL Managed
Care e-Dictionary; Trends in Pharmaceutical Managed Care; Strategies for
Pharmaceutical Managed Care; and an in-depth Report on Prescription Drug
Expenditures and related issues.
The
CD-ROM is available for $79. Detailed information and order information may be
found at http://www.mcol.com/mctranrx.htm.
Phone orders, and corporate site license information, can be obtained by calling
MCOL at 209.577.4888.
The
Managed Care Training Manual module’s extensive 260 pages include: The Intro
to Managed Care Training Manual in Executive-style bullet sentence format, plus
the optional interactive quizzes; The Advanced Topics Seminar in detailed
narrative, divided into seven sections by subject matter; The Managed Care Fact
Sheets providing statistical snapshots and graphs on the state of the managed
care industry; a Welcome Video overview; a Where to Get More Information
section; and a Help Section.
The
Rx Edition of the MCOL Managed Care e-Dictionary Module has 20 pages with over
150 terms of the most relevant managed care and pharmaceutical terms and
concepts. The Report on Prescription Drug Expenditures provides 20 pages of
detailed narrative, graphs and charts. The Trends module provides tables of
pharmaceutical data organized by cost, benefits, utilization, generics and PBMs.
The Strategies module provides detailed narrative on applying the knowledge
gained throughout the Training Kit into everyday practice in the field.
MCOL, established in 1995, is a leading provider of business-to-business health management and managed care knowledge resources via e-mail, the web, as well as more traditional means. MCOL provides membership services, e-commerce and business e-solutions to professionals. MCOL is based in Modesto, California, with additional offices in Portland, Oregon. For more information, please visit http://www.mcol.com/about.htm.
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