Technology has changed a lot since I was a practicing pharmacist. While clinicians have always focused on using technology to improve patient safety, everything else about technology is constantly evolving.
For example, clinicians have relied…
It never ceases to amaze me how integral the role of the pharmacist could be to a patient and how many pharmacists are relegated to counting pills and checking insurance. I first experienced this…
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Another area where we haven't enabled pharmacists has to do with pharmacy interoperability. While almost every pharmacy out there now supports ePrescribing, the healthcare industry has fallen short when it comes to ensuring that…
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Walgreens Boots Alliance is struggling with the performance of primary care chain VillageMD, in which it is the majority shareholder.
Walgreens has closed 27 of the 60 underperforming locations that it previously announced and…
Amany Mansour-Awad, a compounding pharmacist and the CEO and Founder of Bloop joins eHealth Radio and the Pharmaceutical and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Amany Mansour-Awad discuss the…
When I was practicing as a community pharmacist, I saw patients walk away from the counter without their prescription because they couldn’t pay for a drug they needed. I saw patients expecting that their…
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One of the challenges of specialty pharmacies is the need to improve the patient experience. Incomplete patient data, interoperability issues between the prescriber and pharmacy, and the lengthy prior authorization process are just a…
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Warnings from Australia’s powerful pharmaceutical lobby about cybersecurity risk speak to broader vulnerabilities in the healthcare sector on the back of growing consumerisation.Healthcare technology industry leaders need to be careful balancing the increasingly complex…
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Amazon Pharmacy announced Wednesday the launch of free drone delivery of prescription medications in 60 minutes or less for eligible customers in College Station, Texas. Over 500 medications for common conditions will be available via…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 11, 2023 – Following adjustments to Utah law related to birth control prescribing, Intermountain Health created a program that allows pharmacists to virtually prescribe self-administered forms of birth control.
Laws surrounding the ability…
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