"We've already been successful at identifying clusters of anti-viral prescriptions in various geographic pockets," said Joe Markmann, Director for Healthcare Policy, Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions. "One of them recently shows clear spikes within regions of Alabama, a finding that reflects what the CDC is reporting and further reinforces the reliability of the data."

To deliver the data, Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions utilizes two of its most powerful data-analytics tools. The first is Source Lx Patient Studies Suite for capturing patient-level data, which describe prescription drug use by patient demography. For the required prescription-level data, the company uses Pharmaceutical Audit Suite (PHAST), which captures 80% of the prescription transactions in the U.S., the greatest prescription coverage in the industry.

Last November, Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions was one of three awardees for a multi-year contract to provide both prescription and patient-level data to the FDA to give insight into the prevalence of prescription drug utilization within the U.S. population. Weekly flu tracker is an add-on assignment to that program.

SOURCE Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc.