Author: Peter

Police are looking for a robbery suspect who was wearing a ninja mask and armed with a sword when he demanded cash from a clerk at a Walgreens pharmacy in Placentia, California....the masked suspect had a martial arts-type sword and took off with about $200. The suspect was seen wearing a leather jacket, shirt, jeans and gloves, all of which were black.....

Tyler Redilico, pharmacy student at Rutgers University's Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, talks about a misconception surrounding pharmacists. (video)

Putting too much trust in technical controls could be a big mistake in a provider organization's security strategy… encryption and access management go a long way toward securing patient data, employee training remains "absolutely indispensable, absolutely top of the priority list"..

CVS Health, …and Watson, IBM's cognitive computing platform, are joining forces to take on chronic diseases. The plan? Eradicate conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and obesity… to advance care management beyond programs and services typically available today,…has to do with Watson’s ability to read and understand vast amounts of information, and to continuously learn.

Jesse Gelsinger died from a medical experiment led by James Wilson (biotechnology pioneer)… Gelsinger was confronting a rare metabolic disorder,..held out hope with an unproven treatment that was supposed to rewrite the young man’s DNA….the therapy killed him.

FDA is warning health care professionals and patients about prescribing and dispensing errors related to confusion between the antidepressant Brintellix and the blood thinner Brilinta...the FDA...reduce the risk of brand name confusion by including the generic name—vortioxetine for Brintellix and ticagrelor for Brilinta....

proof-of-concept study…researchers have shown that results of common and routine blood tests are not affected by up to 40 minutes of travel via hobby-sized drones… investigators say that's promising news…people ..in rural and economically impoverished areas ...give health care workers quick access to lab tests.. Drones already have been tested as carriers of medicines…

California State Board of Pharmacy has suspended the license of a pharmacy technician who was revealed to have stolen the protected health information of approximately 100 patients....data theft was uncovered during a Secret Service raid at the apartment of Nicole Yvonne Flores...

Jean Coutu Group is prepping …pharmacists for expanded health care services now available through pharmacies…Quebec implemented Bill 41, which amended the province’s Pharmacy Act to enable pharmacists to provide certain health care services previously performed only by doctors...

• Extend a doctor’s prescription.
• Prescribe medication when a diagnosis is not required to prevent certain health problems, including such areas as travel health, pregnancy, women’s health, smoking cessation and public health.
• Prescribe medication for certain conditions in which a patient has already received a prescription from a doctor.
• Substitute a medication in case of a supplier inventory shortage.
• Administer medication to a patient to demonstrate the drug’s administration method.
• Adjust the form, dosage, quantity or dose of a prescription according to a patient’s condition.
• Prescribe certain laboratory tests related to a patient’s medication.

specialty drug costs continue to rise, insurers are working to implement innovative strategies to offset those increased prices, while still helping their members gain access to important treatments,...

1. personalized care programs
2. copayment assistance programs
3. community support programs
4. integrated condition-level therapy management program
5. condition-specific fulfillment teams
6. drug-specific coaching and support