Medications in a drawer
09:15 AM

A large children’s hospital is seeing significant cost and time savings after implementing RFID to track high-value medications.

Person sits at table with a laptop while holding a pill bottle
11:11 AM

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
06:51 PM

Also, New South Wales has introduced a new virtual urgent care service for adults.

Handshake
03:11 PM

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
03:04 PM

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.

A pharmacist doing an inventory using a digital tablet
09:36 PM

A pilot validation study found that the AI helped hasten case reviews and data analysis and determine the necessity of antibiotic use.

A doctor with glasses sits at a desk and speaks during a telehealth visit.
10:34 AM

The third extension of pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities through the end of next year will give the agencies time to promulgate final regulations and providers time to comply, the agencies said.

A pharmacist reviewing a digital record
08:04 PM

Also, the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department has launched a new patient portal which already helped reduce duplicate records by a tenth.

Pharmacist sorting pills
09:21 AM

Approximately 10% of all U.S. healthcare workers will divert opioids or other controlled substances from their workplace at some point in their career.1 Drug diversion, or the illegal distribution or abuse of prescription drugs, remains a top challenge at hospitals and health systems across the country, and is often undiscovered and underreported.2

Morgan L. Waller, RN, of Children's Mercy Kansas City on telemedicine
12:15 PM

The number of telehealth services provided by Children's Mercy Kansas City is astounding. And they get tremendously high patient satisfaction scores. The health system's nurse director of telemedicine offers a detailed tour, with some key advice for her peers.