Pharmacy

The Australian government has gotten support from pharmacies to increase vaccinations.

PharmStars CEO Naomi Fried discusses how her company, through its PharmaU program, prepares digital health startups and pharma executives for successful partnerships.

Patient safety advocate Mark Neuenschwander is now working to make hospital intravenous therapy as safe as humanly – and robotically – possible.

Remote clinical pharmacists leveraged the technology to contact physicians and other on-site caregivers to collaborate on patient rounds, consults, clinical recommendations, virtual huddles and patient education.

With more and more organizations requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination, attention has to be paid to factors that could hinder wider uptake: access to technology, privacy concerns, social determinants of health and more.

The snack delivery company is allowing some Philadelphia-based users to get birth control and acne medication, according to Insider.

During last year's lockdown, some patients were hoarding repeat medications while some were not taking them at all.

The medication IT, among other things, takes the data provided within the Epic workflow and visualizes it in a web-based application to reduce staff's cognitive effort.

Cohere Health CMO Dr. Brian Covino discusses reducing payer and provider friction, the CMS' proposed rule on prior authorizations, and how professional associations can help.

This week's top stories include Google disbanding its health division as VP Dr. David Feinberg leaves Google Health to serve as Cerner's CEO, and the FDA giving full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.