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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.

KHN column: Is fear of flu shifting the goal posts?

"If any public health message has alarmed Americans in recent weeks, it is the repeated claim in the media that healthy young people are dying of 2009 H1N1, or swine flu. ... The response has been predictable: frantic parents clogging waiting rooms in pediatricians' offices, lining up for hours to get their kids vaccinated, and rushing to fill prescriptions for anti-viral drugs before the local pharmacy runs out" (11/17).

17 Nov 2009

Health Net’s MA product portfolio offers budget-friendly health plan choices to beneficiaries for 2010

With the kick-off of the Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) this week, Health Net, Inc. reminds those eligible for Medicare that Health Net’s Medicare Advantage (MA) product portfolio offers a comprehensive range of budget-friendly health plan choices to beneficiaries for 2010.

17 Nov 2009

Employers have serious concerns about healthcare reform, indicates PSG survey

Pharmaceutical Strategies Group (PSG), the nation's largest independent pharmacy benefit consulting firm, released today the results of a national survey of companies focused on their views of proposed healthcare reform legislation.

17 Nov 2009

Meaningful legislation required to control biotech medicine cost, says PCMA

“Today’s New York Times’ article exposes the short-comings of the ‘pharma deal’ and how it gives with one hand while taking with the other. Rather than relying on ‘shell games’ to lower prescription drug costs, policymakers should return this debate to the need for more competition in the form of real biogenerics reform.

17 Nov 2009

HealthTrans Access sponsors 50 disadvantaged families to free healthcare support

HealthTrans Access, a comprehensive discount healthcare provider, has arranged for 50 disadvantaged families from the Greater Denver and Boulder areas to receive one year of membership in the HealthTrans Access discount healthcare program at no cost. In partnership with Denver Human Services and several of their community organizations, HealthTrans Access is providing families with its Premium discount program, which provides deep discounts for healthcare services for the entire family.

17 Nov 2009

Transcendental Meditation lowers rates of heart attack, stroke, and death

Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation® technique had nearly 50 percent lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to nonmeditating controls, according to the results of a first-ever study presented during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Fla., on Nov.16, 2009.

16 Nov 2009

SunLink Health Systems reports net earnings of $496,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced earnings from continuing operations for its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 of $549,000, or $0.07 per fully diluted share, compared to a loss from continuing operations of $603,000, or $0.08 per fully diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Included in the results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 is the pre-tax gain of $2,342,000 from the September 2009 sale of three home health businesses.

13 Nov 2009

National Data Collection Center for primary research phase of the Index launched

The Advisory Council for the U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index(TM) (Index), founded by Emdeon, today announced the launch of the National Data Collection Center for the primary research phase of the Index and the addition of new members.

13 Nov 2009

Memphis Mayor supports new program that assists individuals with bipolar disorder

On November 17 at 2:00 pm, Memphis Mayor AC Wharton will announce during a press conference at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center his support for the a new cooperative venture that assists individuals with bipolar disorder.

13 Nov 2009

PKCI/HINT1 gene associated with mood regulation

Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knockout animals, concluding that the deleted gene may have an important role in mood regulation.

13 Nov 2009

Innomed/BioRobotics to be Health Robotics' exclusive strategic partner in Korea

Health Robotics today announced that Innomed/BioRobotics, on the heels of its prior market success with Oncology Surgery robots, has exclusively selected Health Robotics' CytoCare(TM) Robot to reach its objective to become the gold standard for Oncology Robotics IV Admixtures in the Republic of Korea and synergistically provide an end-to-end Cancer Robotics solution.

13 Nov 2009

Intervention to reduce over-dispensing of asthma medications effective without compromising patient safety

Research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting shows that an intervention to reduce over-dispensing and waste of asthma medications can succeed without compromising patient safety and can result in substantial cost savings.

13 Nov 2009

MinuteClinic praises practitioners for providing affordable medical treatment and quality patient-centered care

In celebration of National Nurse Practitioner Week (Nov. 8-14), MinuteClinic, the pioneer and largest provider of retail health care centers in the United States, salutes practitioners across the country who deliver patient-centered care and help to increase access to high-quality, affordable medical treatment.

12 Nov 2009

54% of Americans are inconsistent in taking prescriptions, reveals survey

A new survey finds that 54 percent of Americans say they do not consistently take prescriptions as instructed even though 87 percent believe prescription medicines are important to their health – pointing to a growing public health problem.

12 Nov 2009

UMass Memorial Health Care renews its supply chain relationship with Broadlane

Broadlane, the leading cost-management company for healthcare providers, announced today that UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest healthcare system in Central and Western Massachusetts, has renewed its supply chain relationship with Broadlane for another three years.

12 Nov 2009

CVS Caremark's medication adherence program for people with diabetes has positive impact

CVS Caremark said the company's comprehensive adherence program for people with diabetes positively impacts medication adherence for both new and continuing patients. A review of data tracking the program found that 75.6 percent of patients continuing on a diabetes therapy who participated in the adherence program maintained optimal adherence to their prescribed therapy vs. 61.2 percent in the control group.

12 Nov 2009

Majority of pharmacists say patients should use OTC drugs at the first sign of cold and flu symptoms

A recent national survey of 505 pharmacists found that nine out of 10 pharmacists believe it is important for a patient to seek treatment early to help shorten the duration and severity of a cold.

11 Nov 2009

Bayfront Medical Center to implement CareFocus clinical surveillance solution from Thomson Reuters

Bayfront Medical Center has selected Clinical Xpert CareFocus from Thomson Reuters as its clinical surveillance solution for improving Core Measures outcomes and patient safety indicator (PSI) scores while also supporting infection control and pharmacy intervention initiatives.

10 Nov 2009

Lawsuit against California Department of Health Care Services

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has filed a federal lawsuit against David Maxwell-Jolly, Director of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) seeking an injunction to prevent implementation of a new state law singling out nonprofit safety net providers—including AHF—forcing drastic Medi-Cal (Medicaid) reimbursements cuts for drugs purchased by AHF clinics and other safety net providers while favoring giant national for-profit pharmacy chains including Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens and others.

10 Nov 2009

Trinity Health to install Elsevier's online CDS solutions

Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com), a world leader in healthcare and medical publishing and online solutions, today announced that Trinity Health (http://www.trinity-health.org), the nation's fourth largest Catholic health system with 44 hospitals across eight states, will install seven of Elsevier's online clinical decision support (CDS) solutions to meet the evolving needs of its thousands of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals for evidence-based clinical content.

10 Nov 2009

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KHN column: Is fear of flu shifting the goal posts?

Health Net’s MA product portfolio offers budget-friendly health plan choices to beneficiaries for 2010

Employers have serious concerns about healthcare reform, indicates PSG survey

Meaningful legislation required to control biotech medicine cost, says PCMA

HealthTrans Access sponsors 50 disadvantaged families to free healthcare support

Transcendental Meditation lowers rates of heart attack, stroke, and death

SunLink Health Systems reports net earnings of $496,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009

National Data Collection Center for primary research phase of the Index launched

Memphis Mayor supports new program that assists individuals with bipolar disorder

PKCI/HINT1 gene associated with mood regulation

Innomed/BioRobotics to be Health Robotics' exclusive strategic partner in Korea

Intervention to reduce over-dispensing of asthma medications effective without compromising patient safety

MinuteClinic praises practitioners for providing affordable medical treatment and quality patient-centered care

54% of Americans are inconsistent in taking prescriptions, reveals survey

UMass Memorial Health Care renews its supply chain relationship with Broadlane

CVS Caremark's medication adherence program for people with diabetes has positive impact

Majority of pharmacists say patients should use OTC drugs at the first sign of cold and flu symptoms

Bayfront Medical Center to implement CareFocus clinical surveillance solution from Thomson Reuters

Lawsuit against California Department of Health Care Services

Trinity Health to install Elsevier's online CDS solutions

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