Pharmacy

An Oracle Cerner registry and reporting tool was implemented in the nick of time for the pandemic. The Wyoming health system, now saving many hours per week, is applying lessons learned to the impending flu season.

Also, a district in Seoul, South Korea has rolled out AI companion robots for adults living alone.

After identifying risks that patients may not take medications, providers received financial resources information to share with them.

Boone County Hospital in rural Iowa also saved time and money with the precision dosing platform.

The trial will inform future plans to roll out the service in other healthcare settings in Western Australia.

 The administration said this week that pharmacies are prohibited under law from discriminating based on race, sex, age and disability.

The sprawling health system recently rolled out logistics and analytics technologies to help manage its pharmacy supply chain – and has already been gaining efficiencies.

 The company is leveraging its own portfolio and partner digital assets to engage patients directly - at home, virtually or in-person.

A pharmacotherapy expert walks readers through the ways different forms of heath IT can help detect and track prescription drug abuse – and prevent it.