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A district attorney in New York charges a 21 year-old Florida man with stealing the prescribing credentials of hundreds of doctors, which he used to fill and sell tens of thousands of prescriptions…
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From Information Blocking to Information Sharing – A Look at HTI-1 and TEFCA | Healthcare IT Today
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) keeps releasing new rules to address the urgent need for data exchange. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) was followed recently by the Health Data,…
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Express Scripts sued for allegedly colluding with rival PBMs to fix prices
An antitrust lawsuit has been filed against Cigna-owned online pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts by several community, independent pharmacies, alleging the company teamed with rival PBMs to fix pharmaceutical reimbursement rates…
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CCM Ambulatory Pharmacies at Health Systems: Improving the Patient Experience
Growing emphasis on value-based care and population health is leading healthcare organizations to focus on ways to increase patient access and engagement. One way that health systems are doing this is through ambulatory pharmacies….
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ePrescribing in the US: How Are Non-Physician Prescribers Improving Care — Faces of digital health
“About 50 percent of counties in the country have less than one primary care physician per 1, 500 population. And that’s just not enough. In about two-thirds of those, we’ve got enough pharmacies so…
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Wales electronic prescription service enters live testing phase
A new electronic prescription service in Wales has entered a live testing phase, ahead of a phased roll out from January 2024.The Digital Medicines Transformation Portfolio (DMTP) has worked collaboratively with a number of…
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Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data | Healthcare IT Today
“Wellness” has become a new mantra for healthcare organizations. Medicare Advantage programs are vaunting their support for “wellness,” and you see wellness campaigns at pharmacies, employers, and elsewhere. Particularly pertinent to the Healthcare IT…
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How Tech is Saving Time for Specialty Pharmacies and Improving the Patient Experience – MedCity News
One of the challenges of specialty pharmacies is the need to improve the patient experience. Incomplete patient data, interoperability issues between the prescriber and pharmacy, and the lengthy prior authorization process are just a…
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Digital Health Passport asthma app rolled out to 12 ICB regions
NHS funding is supporting the roll out of the Digital Health Passport, across 12 integrated care boards (ICB) regions, which is empowering people to take control of their health by making asthma self-management smarter.Seven…
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What Will Rite Aid Need to Do to Recover from Bankruptcy? – MedCity News
It’s not an easy time to be a retail pharmacy chain. This is especially true for Rite Aid, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on Sunday.
In order for the company…
