Pharmacy

The health system's savings have come from the platform's ability to conduct preferred product swaps, identify contract discrepancies and local contract savings, and swiftly assess shortage impacts then devise mitigation strategies.

Project Asclepius aims to modernize meds processes that are too often still manual, say leaders from Cleveland Clinic London and other organizations working to help providers streamline their pharmacies to boost patient safety and gain cost efficiencies.  

An American Hospital Association report, sponsored by Amazon Business, found 60% of respondents experience drug shortages. Bill Kopitke, head of healthcare at Amazon Business, offers more perspective.  

With AI-powered pharmaco-clinical intelligence, the not-for-profit health system aims to identify and monitor high-risk polypharmacy patients and recommend clinical Interventions.

Citing compliance strains on providers and others, and the need to maintain patient care continuity, more than 200 virtual care stakeholders urged the agency to release its regulatory scheme for the prescribing of controlled substances through telehealth.

Because a high-risk flag had been inactivated in the hospital’s new Oracle electronic health record, clinicians did not evaluate a veteran's mental health and medication restart request, contributing to an overdose seven weeks after a missed appointment.

Also: Availity clarifies reports that it has cut ties with the clearinghouse and says it "fully expects" to reconnect to Change Healthcare.

Gee Mathen, director of pharmacy clinical applications and technical services at Texas Children's Hospital, discusses his upcoming HIMSS24 session "Combating Counterfeit Drugs and the Drug Supply Chain Security Act."  

The reach of the cyberattack is a looming crisis for providers' financial stability, particularly in rural areas, and could soon impact patient care, said Ted Okon of the Community Oncology Alliance.

Part D plan sponsors are expected to create a seamless experience for people who opt into the out-of-pocket payment program.