Pharmacy
As patients learn to manage high-deductible plans and health savings accounts, convenience, accessibility and neighborhood connections are shaping patient's financial decisions.
With an eye on improving safety, increasing compliance and reducing waste, an increasing number of hospitals and health systems are looking to insource and automate their IV compounding processes.
Struggling with long wait times, the Veterans Affairs Health Care System is trying something new: a partnership with the CVS Pharmacy chain to offer urgent care services to more than 65,000 veterans.
Getting pharmacists involved in patient-centric activities, including being part of clinical care teams, is a little easier thanks to telepharmacy technology.
Cleveland Clinic clinicians will be available for on-demand visits at CVS Health MinuteClinics in Ohio via technology from American Well.
New research found variations in cholesterol levels that drew concern because they could potentially determine whether a physician at point of care would prescribe medication to a patient.
New York docs moving to e-prescribing quickly as they aim to comply with I-STOP law and avoid fines…
Physicians are embracing electronic prescribing more rapidly than ever before, according to new data from Surescripts – especially in New York.
The I-STOP legislation, first passed in 2012, aims to combat controlled substance abuse. A provision set to take effect at the end of this month requires doctors to prescribe almost everything electronically.
Hackensack University Medical Center to share tips for bolstering medication administration at HIMS…
Hackensack University Medical Center is tapping new technologies to achieve more effective medication adherence, according to Hackensack UMC’s director of pharmacy Nilesh Desai.
UPMC doctors are piloting a new program to administer gene tests to patients to determine whether they are likely to respond to medications.