Software aids doctors in comparing prices

Austria's financially troubled state health insurance company is offering a 5,500-euro allowance to doctors if they invest it in computer equipment to run new software capable of working out the cheapest option on prescription medicines. The Vienna branch of the Austrian health insurance company the Wiener Gebietskrankenkassen http://www.wgkk.at/ has made the offer to all doctors based in the Austrian capital. The new software aids doctors in comparing prices for medication and helps them to choose the cheapest option.