Pharmacy News

INDUSTRY WATCH: November/December 2015 A nationwide survey commissioned by Surescripts in May of this year and conducted by the independent research firm Kelton Global, found that while millions of people are open to using technology for key healthcare needs, the...

INDUSTRY WATCH: November/December 2015 PrescribeWellness, through a partnership with TeleManager Technologies, has launched StarWellness+ to allow pharmacies to streamline the workflow for patients enrolled in medication synchronization by pushing synced medications into the workflow queue of virtually any pharmacy management...

INDUSTRY WATCH: November/December 2015 New from TCGRx is a personal AdherePac dispensing unit called TheBox to direct patients to take the correct medication at the correct time. The company’s ATP 2 produces customizable AdherePac pouches and adherence tools that include...

INDUSTRY WATCH: November/December 2015 Kirby Lester reported that this past September marked the 10th anniversary of the company being acquired by Garry Zage, who is a pharmacist. Since the acquisition company has taken on a new life. Under Zage’s leadership...

INDUSTRY WATCH: November/December 2015 The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics updated its study on mHealth apps done in 2013 and found with its 2015 study that the majority of mobile healthcare (mHealth) apps continue to be concentrated in the areas...

INDUSTRY WATCH: November/December 2015 Earlier this year Innovation announced that it had partnered with Fruth Pharmacy to help them design and manage a central-fill site in Nitro, W.V. This site is now live and processes the majority of refill prescription...

INDUSTRY WATCH: November/December 2015 QS/1 has received Heartland EMV certification, which allows QS/1 to process the chip-embedded EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) credit cards, the new standard for credit-card safety. “The EMV chip cards are the next step in helping protect...

INDUSTRY WATCH: September/October 2015 Investors Take a Position in Medicine-On-Time John Kalvelage , founder of Medicine-On- Time (MOT), announced that Brook Venture Partners, HealthEdge Investment Partners, and Eagle Private Capital have invested in the company to help bring MOT’s message and...

INDUSTRY WATCH: September/October 2015 TCGRx Introduces Next-Generation System With the release of ATP 2, a new automated tablet packaging system, TCGRx provides a system that emphasizes redundancy and uptime for optimal operating efficiency. According to TCGRx CEO Duane Chudy, “the ATP 2...

INDUSTRY WATCH: September/October 2015 QS/1 Adds More System Value In a collaborative agreement with Integra, QS/1 now offers an interface for PrimeCare and Integra’s DocuTrack eRx module. This will allow QS/1 to pass a copy of all incoming e-prescriptions into DocuTrack. DocuTrack’s...