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NewsPills could save millions over IV meds
Switching hospitalized patients from IV medication to pills could save millions of dollars each year, according to Johns Hopkins researchers in a study published in Clinical Therapeutics. A review of Read more...
Hospitals scramble to offset drug shortages
Check your drug inventories--a whole host of medications are in short supply this year, according to the FDA. Hospitals are scrambling to make up the shortfall, in some cases rationing medications, Read more...
CT sues McKesson for allegedly inflating drug prices
The Connecticut attorney general's office is suing pharmaceutical distributor McKesson Corp., contending that it's been illegally inflating the average wholesale price of more than 400 brand-name Read more...
Senators plan bill countering pharma detailing tactics
Across the country, on an ad-hoc basis, isolated programs already have sprung up to counter tactics used by pharma sales reps to sell drugs. Now, Senators are considering a bill that would offer Read more...
Trend: States try to counter pharma drug marketing
As we reported last year, a small but growing number of advocates have begun working to provide their own brand of drug education to doctors--without the sales message that pharmaceutical companies Read more...
Study: Math mistakes can cause big med problems
A new study underscores that simple math errors by physicians can prove deadly when it comes to medications. In the study, which appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers asked Read more...
DC passes pharma rep licensing rule
Though it backed out of plans for prescription-data-mining limits which have been struck down in New Hampshire and Maine, DC has passed what may be the country's first rules requiring the licensing Read more...
Study: Antipsychotics don't manage aggressive outbursts
In a finding that would potentially mount a challenge to, among other treatments, the widespread practice of sedating agitated nursing home patients with antipsychotics, a new study suggests that Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Treating children with pneumonia at home
Particularly for worried moms, this may seem counterintuitive, but a new study suggests that children with severe pneumonia can be treated just as effectively at home as they can be in a hospital. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: More debate over nursing home antipsychotic use
As we've discussed here previously, there's a hot debate going on over the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes to calm down agitated dementia patients. That's spurred, in part, because Read more...
| Press ReleasesNew White Paper Analyzes Landscape For Prior Authorization For MedicationsCORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Point-of-Care Partners (POCP)--a national healthcare information technology and strategy consulting firm--has just released a new white paper on Read more >> Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions Makes It Easier, More Efficient for Community Rheumatologists to Offer Patients In-Office InDeveloped by Rheumatologists, New InfusaTrack™ Infusion Room Management Tool Removes Administrative Hassles; Simplifies Billing and Improves Revenue CaptureDUBLIN, Ohio, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Read more >> Talyst Unveils AutoVault™ at ASHP 2011BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Talyst, a leader in pharmacy automation, will unveil AutoVault™ at the 2011 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting Read more >> Talyst Unveils New Secure, Automated Storage & Pharmacy-Grade Refrigeration SystemBELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Talyst, a leader in pharmacy automation, announced its new automated storage and pharmacy-grade refrigeration system, refrigerated AutoCarousel® HD. The Read more >> Compounding Pharmacy Prescription Dynamics to Launch in Montvale, NJResearch Partnership with Farleigh Dickinson University Will Enable Clinical Advances MONTVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Michael De Giglio, CEO of Prescription Dynamics, today announced the December Read more >> |
