Author: Peter

..hospital systems have increasingly developed their own specialty pharmacies to capitalize on the financial opportunities that specialty pharmacy offers... hospital systems are hoping to purchase specialty medications at 340B prices, then bill insurance companies for the higher, nondiscounted cost....

After a medical error, employees may suffer from anxiety, shame and depression...can progress to post-traumatic stress syndrome,...hospitals need to provide support for stressed employees,... because without such help, they are more likely to make mistakes on the job or leave their positions.

Public-private partnership would initially be federally funded...new Health IT Safety Center Roadmap lays out a...plan for creating a federal center focused on aggregating data on health IT-related adverse events. "The task force did not propose for the center to have a regulatory function, but to promote health IT safety by convening interested parties, doing focused work to identify and disseminate best practices,…"

1. Entresto - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
2. Avycaz - Actavis
3. Glyxambi - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc
4. Tuzistra XR - Vernalis Therapeutics, Inc, and Tris Pharma, Inc
5. Rytary - Impax Laboratories, Inc
6. Cosentyx - Novartis Pharmaceuticals
7. Cresemba - Astellas Pharma
8. Lenvima - Eisai, Inc
9. Natpara - NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc
10. Jadenu - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Call for Nominations...the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board is now accepting nominations for the 2015 PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician of the Year. Nominations are due by August 7, 2015.

Fewer than 15 percent of healthcare workers comply with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations for removing personal protective equipment ,… Correct removal is crucial to reduce contamination...

Ashley Talamo, Publisher: Pharmacy Times..(PTNN) This weekly video program highlights the latest in pharmacy news, product news, and more. (video)

expanding Medicaid...is being met with...skepticism from policy and patient advocacy insiders...state and local providers would be expected to chip in to help cover costs...Doctors are concerned about ...relying on them to chip in funds once the federal match drops below 100%. "Reimbursement for Medicaid is not really profitable as it is, and if you add an additional tax, providers will have to raise prices, so this would be a tax on the sick,"

Young professionals see greater opportunity to disrupt care from outside provider organizations..."Dropout docs" are becoming more common, especially around Silicon Valley, as an increasing number...forego residency for digital health opportunities,...lowest rates of medical students pursing residency after medical school,...

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA,... associate professor at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC, talks about pharmacists' next steps after gaining provider status..