Reducing Hospital Readmissions with the Pharmacy of the Future
With Onxy and Intel technology, USF Health built its Pharmacy Plus system, which enables patient engagement, and thus helps reduce hospital readmissions. …
Pharmacists Rank Among Best Jobs of 2016
The white-coated professionals at your neighborhood drug store do a lot more than just fill prescriptions. Pharmacists do indeed dispense medicines, but …
How Three Hospitals are Countering Rising Drug Prices
Rising drug costs are a big problem at St. Louis, Missouri-based Ascension, the largest nonprofit health system in the United States. Despite …
Lack of Pharmacy Access Sends Some Patients Back to the Hospital
Like what you’re reading? Click here for more Pharmacy Industry News. Hospital readmissions, a $17 billion annual problem, are higher in rural, …
How Health-System Pharmacists Help Oncology Patients
Like what you’re reading? Click here for more Pharmacy Industry News. Specialty pharmacists aren’t the only pharmacists who care for oncology patients, …
A Secretive Board Controls Access to Prescription Drugs for Millions of Americans
Like what you’re reading? Click here for more Pharmacy Industry News. Each year, Express Scripts releases a list of prescription drugs it …
3 Federal Regulatory Changes Affecting Pharmacy
In recent years, federal agencies have introduced significant regulatory proposals impacting different facets of the pharmaceutical industry, from drug manufacturing, to reimbursement, …
Fraud Concerns Emerge as Compounding Drug Sales Rise
Spending on these medications in Medicare’s Part D program, for example, rose 56 percent last year, with some of the costliest products. …
Prescriber Education is the Key to Stemming Prescription Opioid Abuse
The education of primary care providers and patients at the starting point of opioid therapy, as well as of surgeons and other …
Study: Bacteria Prevents Mosquitoes From Spreading Zika
A bacteria found in butterflies and bees can help prevent the spread of Zika virus, suggesting that mosquitoes could be infected with …