Pharmacy

Dr. Colin Banas of DrFirst on medication adherence
By Bill Siwicki 12:09 pm January 23, 2025
While medication adherence is a cornerstone of value-based care, it depends on the right team, tools and targeted patient engagement to be effective, says one chief medical officer.
The HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 validation team at Institut Jantung Negara
By Adam Ang 08:38 pm January 21, 2025
After over two decades, Institut Jantung Negara has successfully implemented a hospital-wide EMR system, fully integrating technology-enabled patient care.
soldier on tablet
By Andrea Fox 04:33 pm January 21, 2025
The Drug Enforcement Administration is excusing Veterans Affairs' virtual care providers from participating in a federal telehealth controlled substance registry framework if the patient had a previous in-person visit.
Female doctor on tablet for a telehealth visit
By Andrea Fox 04:59 pm January 16, 2025
The rule would establish a framework for a telehealth controlled substance registry and authorize three types of special registration. Some industry groups have voiced concerns for providers in their initial reactions to the proposed rule.
Computer rendering of a human double helix gene sequence
By Andrea Fox 10:29 am January 15, 2025
Billed as more than 10 times the scale of previous endeavors, the Truveta Genome Project aims to ensure representation across ancestries, ethnicities, genders and other social drivers of health – and broaden the reach of precision medicine.
Nurse in mask and pink sweater types notes in a hospital hallway
By Andrea Fox 11:10 am January 14, 2025
Mayo Clinic takes its artificial intelligence-powered documentation platform enterprise-wide, Google Cloud collaborates on drug repurposing AI and a government-funded infectious disease risk model aims to improve public health resilience.
Person sits at table with a laptop while holding a pill bottle
By Andrea Fox 11:11 am December 13, 2024
A health analytics company is partnering with pharma to allow patients to unify their health information across multiple providers. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the DTP platform analyzes medical records and makes recommendations. 
A pharmacist holding a digital tablet doing an inventory
By Adam Ang 06:51 pm December 08, 2024
Also, New South Wales has introduced a new virtual urgent care service for adults.
Handshake
By Jeff Lagasse 03:11 pm December 05, 2024
Effectively immediately the company has assigned a new chief pharmacy officer and new head of Pharmacy and Consumer Wellness.
Two medical researchers in a lab look at information on a laptop
By Andrea Fox 03:04 pm November 26, 2024
TrialGPT could help providers navigate the vast and ever-changing range of clinical trials available to their patients by finding, ranking and explaining why a patient is matched, the agency says.