• The 8th Edition was 1st released in the Summer of 2010. Since then, the 2nd printing, with updated charts, has been done on both standard & pocket sizes.  A 9th Edition is not expected till Fall 2012.  
• The Apple App of the book is available from iTunes as of Oct 11, 2011.  This will work best on iPad, but also on the iPhone & iTouch if you are ok getting around the small screen.  Cost is $45/year subscription via iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rxfiles/id456635878?mt=8

I am a member of a group / partnership with subscription to rxfiles.ca online.  How do I activate my subscription? 

• First, you must set up a username (see membership box in  upper right).  Then, you can click in membership area for subscription activation (or send us an email with your username).  Once your group membership status is confirmed, your subscription access will be activated (usually within 1-3 business days).

1. SHIRP makes RxFiles.ca available through various libraries and PIP. 

• No.  RxFiles academic detailing for Saskatchewan is not-for profit program funded by a grant from Saskatchewan Health.  Additional revenues from the sale of our book and services allow us to further develop and maintain our drug comparison charts!

• Many RxFiles newsletters, Q&As, trial summaries & program information is freely available.  However, the updated drug comparison charts from the book are only available to paid online subscribers.  We are not currently able to bundle an online subscription with the app from iTunes.

• Email updates notification is the periodic (~12/year) emails
  that we send out when a new document is posted to the website.  New newsletters, Q&As, trial summaries are usually available for free access.  The subscriber only access area allows access to the ongoing updates of all the charts in the RxFiles Drug Comparison Charts Book.  

How often are the drug comparison charts updated?

• Charts are updated on an ongoing basis and updated versions posted online weekly or monthly as necessary. If you think something should be added? Chances are it already is!  The app for iPad also updates automatically with updates pushed every 4-8 weeks.

• "Academic detailing", or "educational outreach", is the process of providing balanced, non-commercial, evidence based information/education for individual physicians in their offices.  It is adopted from the pharmaceutical industry's practice of 'detailing' physicians about new drugs; however, with academic detailing, the sales agenda is removed.  The concept was pioneered by Stephen Soumerai and Jerry Avorn in the USA.  Academic detailing has been shown to be one of the most successful methods for influencing the prescribing practices of physicians.