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Community pharmacy, also known as retail pharmacy, is the most common type of pharmacy that allows the public access to their medications and advice about their health. Traditionally known as a chemist, it is the healthcare facility that is responsible for the provision of pharmaceutical service to a specific community group or region.

Thames Valley Cancer Network implements ARIA system for Medical Oncology

A chemotherapy software solution that enables patients to become more involved in managing their own care has been successfully rolled out across a network of hospitals in the UK. The Thames Valley Cancer Network has implemented Aria for Medical Oncology™ from Varian Medical Systems and already has more than 850 clinical staff routinely using the system.

12 Jan 2010

Med-Vision implements Verisk Health’s Explorer solution to reduce clients' healthcare costs

Verisk Health, Inc. today announced that Med-Vision, LLC helped clients reduce healthcare costs by 10 to 12 percent with Verisk Health’s Explorer solution. Verisk Health is a global leader in identifying, analyzing, and predicting healthcare risk. Med-Vision is a leading medical consulting company.

12 Jan 2010

CVS/pharmacy and MinuteClinic urge Americans to protect themselves with H1N1 vaccine

CVS/pharmacy, the nation's leading retail pharmacy and MinuteClinic, the largest retail health care provider in the U.S., is urging more Americans to protect themselves and their families with an H1N1 vaccine during National Influenza Vaccination Week (January 10-16) as designated by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

12 Jan 2010

YM BioSciences announces results of cancer antibody-radionuclide conjugate development collaboration

YM BioSciences Inc. today announced results of a collaboration with researchers at the University of Toronto for the development of highly potent antibody-radionuclide conjugates for use in the treatment of cancer. The approach has successfully concluded its first series of proof-of-principle experiments establishing promise for future development and application.

12 Jan 2010

AmerisourceBergen announces new programs for long term care and retail pharmacies

AmerisourceBergen, under its’ PRxO® Generics Solution, today announced a new program for long term care pharmacies and an expanded program for retail pharmacies. The new solutions are tailored to better meet customer needs as generic prescription demands continue to increase.

12 Jan 2010

AMN Healthcare launches new corporate brand identity

In an effort to more effectively symbolize its position as the leader in the healthcare staffing and management services industry and the unique strength of its interconnecting service offerings, AMN Healthcare announced today that it has launched a new corporate brand identity.

12 Jan 2010

CHI selects Allscripts' EHR solution to enhance patient care

Allscripts announced today that Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution for its 1050 employed physicians to enhance the quality of patient care, improve communications, and deliver more cost-effective care.

11 Jan 2010

Bryant Ranch Prepack tracks medications from its manufacture to the patient with E Pedigree

“More and more physicians are realizing that prescriptions that leave the office are like money walking out of the door,” said Fred Ganjian, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Bryant Ranch Prepack, a leading supplier of prepackaged physician-dispensed prescription programs. “In this day of continuing pressure on physicians to cover their costs, physician-dispensed prescriptions have become increasingly important to a physician’s bottom line,” he added.

11 Jan 2010

The Jean Coutu Group reports financial results for third-quarter of fiscal year 2010

The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. (the "Company" or the "Jean Coutu Group") reported its financial results today for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 ended November 28, 2009.

9 Jan 2010

Medicare Part D beneficiaries can now avail free review sessions at Walgreens pharmacy

Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain with more than 70,000 health service providers, is now offering free review sessions to Medicare Part D beneficiaries at all of its more than 7,100 pharmacies throughout the country.

9 Jan 2010

MinuteClinic re-accredited and earns the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval

MinuteClinic, the retail health care division of CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) and the pioneer and largest provider of retail-based medical clinics in the United States, has become the first retail clinic to be re-accredited and earn the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval(TM) for consecutive evaluation periods by having demonstrated compliance with The Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety.

9 Jan 2010

Tech Roundup: Virtual visits, EMR loans and a new e-prescribing tool

The New York Times: "Telemedicine has the potential to improve quality of care by allowing clinicians in one 'control center' to monitor, consult and even care for and perform procedures on patients in multiple locations," Doctor and Patient columnist Pauline Chen writes. "A rural primary care practitioner who sees a patient with a rare skin lesion, for example, can get expert consultation from a dermatologist at a center hundreds of miles away."

9 Jan 2010

Centene announces financial guidance for the year 2010

Centene Corporation announced today its 2010 financial guidance. As previously disclosed in our December 10, 2009 press release, the discussions below reflect anticipated start-up costs associated with the new Mississippi contract, announced pharmacy carve-outs in Indiana and Ohio, and the impact of January 2010 rate changes; but do not reflect the potential impact of federal healthcare reform.

8 Jan 2010

TCRH expands its McKesson Paragon hospital information system to improve patient safety

Twin County Regional Hospital (TCRH) recently announced that it is expanding its McKesson Paragon® hospital information system to increase efficiency and help improve patient safety across the entire medical community of Galax, Va. and surrounding areas.

8 Jan 2010

Apoteket and Medco Health Solutions develop centralized prescription safety program

Apoteket, Sweden's largest pharmacy chain, and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. today announced that it has developed one of the first national centralized drug utilization review (DUR) programs outside of the United States to improve prescription safety by reducing adverse drug events and thereby reducing the risk of costly hospitalizations.

7 Jan 2010

Scientists use NIR to predict how quickly pills dissolve in body

Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore have successfully used near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) -- a method already used to test farm product quality -- to predict how quickly pills dissolve in the body.

7 Jan 2010

Rural health care advocates struggle for attention in Texas

The Texas Tribune reports on politics surrounding rural health care in Texas in a three part series: "Politically speaking, it's no time to be an advocate for rural health care. In the last House Speaker's race and on the state's health care regulatory boards, rural lawmakers say they've been outnumbered and under-represented.

7 Jan 2010

NCPA offers lawmakers updated health care reform recommendations

With Senate and House leaders trying to craft a health care reform bill to send to the White House, the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) today offered lawmakers updated recommendations for the would-be final legislation.

7 Jan 2010

Antiretroviral therapy improves health outcomes for HIV patients

High antiretroviral therapy adherence, which has been shown to be a major predictor of HIV disease progression and survival, is now associated with lower health care costs, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

7 Jan 2010

Historic low in drug spending growth coincides with cost-saving tools developed by PBMs

Expenditures on prescription drugs increased just 3.2 percent in 2008 – the smallest annual rate of increase in 47 years – according to new data released today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

6 Jan 2010

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Thames Valley Cancer Network implements ARIA system for Medical Oncology

Med-Vision implements Verisk Health’s Explorer solution to reduce clients' healthcare costs

CVS/pharmacy and MinuteClinic urge Americans to protect themselves with H1N1 vaccine

YM BioSciences announces results of cancer antibody-radionuclide conjugate development collaboration

AmerisourceBergen announces new programs for long term care and retail pharmacies

AMN Healthcare launches new corporate brand identity

CHI selects Allscripts' EHR solution to enhance patient care

Bryant Ranch Prepack tracks medications from its manufacture to the patient with E Pedigree

The Jean Coutu Group reports financial results for third-quarter of fiscal year 2010

Medicare Part D beneficiaries can now avail free review sessions at Walgreens pharmacy

MinuteClinic re-accredited and earns the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval

Tech Roundup: Virtual visits, EMR loans and a new e-prescribing tool

Centene announces financial guidance for the year 2010

TCRH expands its McKesson Paragon hospital information system to improve patient safety

Apoteket and Medco Health Solutions develop centralized prescription safety program

Scientists use NIR to predict how quickly pills dissolve in body

Rural health care advocates struggle for attention in Texas

NCPA offers lawmakers updated health care reform recommendations

Antiretroviral therapy improves health outcomes for HIV patients

Historic low in drug spending growth coincides with cost-saving tools developed by PBMs

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