Pharmacy News
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NEHI Releases Health Care Without Walls: A Roadmap for Reinventing U.S. Health Care
NEHI, the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, recently released Health Care Without Walls: A Roadmap for Reinventing U.S. Health Care. By combining technologies such as telehealth with a reconfigured work force, the report says, the nation's health care...
TCGRx and Parata Systems Merge to Create Pharmacy Automation Leader
Pharmacy packaging and automation provider TCGRx, a portfolio company of Frazier Healthcare Partners, has announced the acquisition of Parata Systems. Established leaders in medication adherence packaging and high speed automated robotic dispensing technologies, TCGRx and Parata have combined to...
Updox Announces Secure Text and Messenger to Solve Healthcare’s Frustration with Existing Patient Engagement and Collaboration Tools
Updox, a unified collaboration platform for healthcare customer relationship management (CRM), has announced two innovative solutions for improved patient engagement and internal collaboration for out-of-hospital healthcare providers, Secure Text and Messenger.
Using the Updox platform, where Updox customers already manage key processes like...
RxSafe Launches Adherence Card Automation for US Retail Pharmacies
RxSafe, LLC has announced a partnership with McKesson Canada to bring blister card-filling automation to the US retail pharmacy market. Designed by McKesson Canada, the BlistAssist™ system is an innovative software-driven solution that improves the manual preparation and verification of...
Opioids in America: Consumer Views and Use Survey Reveals Need for Community Education to Prevent Opioid Misuse
PrescribeWellness has released the results of its “Opioids in America: Consumer Views and Use” survey. Conducted online by Propeller Insights on behalf of the company in July 2018. The survey explored more than 1,000 adult Americans’ habits surrounding opioid...
Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Releases Revised Strategic Plan for 2018-2021
The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative today released its revised strategic plan: The Roadmap for Pharmacy Information Technology Integration in U.S. Health Care: 2018 to 2021 Update. “This third roadmap is an important achievement,” said Kurt Proctor, PhD, RPh, chairman, PHIT...
AmerisourceBergen’s Inaugural Pharmacy Check-Up Survey Findings
According to research released by AmerisourceBergen, 78 percent of pharmacists across pharmacy settings look forward to playing a greater role in patient care and the majority expect to spend more time on patient-focused activities in the next five years....
NCPA Innovation Center Enhanced Services Boot Camp
When: Sunday, November 11, 2018 Greater Cincinnati
Don't miss a jam-packed, full-day training on the workflow, operations & marketing of an enhanced services pharmacy.
Receive 6 hours of CE along with tips and resources on practice changes that will positively impact your...
OmniSYS and ScriptPro Partner to Bring Integrated Solution to Pharmacies
OmniSYS, a leading healthcare technology company focused on patient engagement solutions for pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers has announced a strategic partnership with ScriptPro, a global leader in end-to-end pharmacy management solutions. Through this partnership, ScriptPro’s SP Central Pharmacy Management...