Author: Peter

emergency departments occupy a critical position in the American health care system,.. provider of last resort.. subsidies…inadequately ensures the provision of emergency capacity and care for the uninsured,…undermining the ability of specialty hospitals and physician offices to compete for the provision of elective care.

Medical device makers, facing sluggish sales and increasing pressure to prove the value of their products, are beefing up guarantees to compensate U.S. hospitals if a device does not perform as expected.

for-profit hospital industry is well positioned with respect to the anticipated wave of mergers and acquisitions amongst the largest for-profit health insurers, but consolidation could have some important longer term ramifications,…not likely to immediately result in outright price pressure for hospitals…

Two more countries have been deemed by the European Commission to have high enough manufacturing standards to receive waivers from certain rules for their API imports...Israel and Brazil to the list of countries whose APIs are considered equivalent and don't have to have each API batch inspected...

Defense Health Agency has picked Cerner to replace the Military Health System's anatomic pathology laboratory information system...'We understand the value of providing the DoD with the best healthcare IT solutions possible'..

FDA said…that more than 700 adverse reactions have been reported by the World Health Organization in Central Africa of patients who took medication that was marked diazepam but which lab testing showed contained instead the active ingredient, haloperidol,…

Providing an innovative drug information experience to pharmacy students can set the stage for excellent pharmacy skills… responding to drug information questions, pharmacy students can participate in a variety of innovative activities, including: Group journal club, Community health fairs, and Journal article collaboration…

Pharmacy technician pay is one of the hottest topics.. techs are the backbone of pharmacy…Even in the age of automation,…techs have become vitally important to ensuring a smooth and efficient pharmacy operation…creativity will go a long way toward allowing techs and management to...individualized solutions to address salary concerns.

whistleblower’s lawsuit has culminated in a pharmacy’s $2.5 million settlement for its improper Medicaid billings….lawsuit alleged that Trinity Homecare, which is owned by Walgreens…encouraged infusion drugs for its hemophilia patients and presented claims to Medicaid for unnecessary or excessive quantities…

Lupin...buying Russia's ZAO Biocom, which has a manufacturing facility that does contract manufacturing as well as making its own generic meds...