Taking the Pulse® U.S. is Manhattan Research’s annual market research study and syndicated advisory service focused on studying to what extent formulary decision makers at hospitals, MCOs and PBMs use the Internet and digital media for professional purposes, and are interested in support services from pharma . Taking the Pulse® Formulary Decision Makers 2015 was fielded in Q2 among 67 formulary decision makers at MCOs, 16 formulary decision makers at PBMs and 103 formulary decision makers at hospitals.