Author: Peter

Scientists investigating why a GlaxoSmithKline flu vaccine triggered narcolepsy in some people say they have the first solid evidence the rare sleep disorder may be a so-called "hit-and-run" autoimmune disease… Pandemrix…as withdrawn from the market after the 2009/2010 pandemic..

Sarah Scoular, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy talks about important information for the public to understand about pharmacy, in order to increase interest in the profession

...adoption of technology-driven medication synchronization by community pharmacies results in improved patient adherence, increased revenue streams, and overall improvement in business optimization for pharmacies. That’s according to an analysis of five pharmacy case studies conducted for the National Community Pharmacists Association.

...most difficult situations practicing community pharmacists face is counseling family members about hospice medications for their loved ones. Such counseling requires not only medication information, but also compassion and empathy.

California Association of Health Plans estimates that paying for the patients’… hepatitis C medications in prisons and state hospitals, or through Medi-Cal (Medicaid) and other state programs, could range from $512 million to $5.1 billion..

...University of Nevada Medical School...Currently operating as a split school in Reno and Las Vegas, medical education and care will change dramatically in the state thanks to the 2015 Legislature,...

'Finance departments will need to prepare to manage these challenges and have better systems to measure performance'...providers shift away from fee-for-service toward value-based payment models, they're hitting some serious roadblocks – one of them being that the majority of them lack sophisticated IT tools and analysis to support these new models.

Express Scripts has been named the worst company to work for in the United States, while CVS ranked 12th on the same list.  24/7 Wall St. compiled the rankings using data from career website Glassdoor, which gathers ratings on more than 400,000 companies globally.

..Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from Nevada over a lawsuit that claims the state wrongfully bused indigent psychiatric patients to San Francisco without paying the costs of their medical care.

Confusion reigned in Clark County District Court...all parties tried to determine how and why records of a sex crime case involving a Las Vegas doctor were sealed in 2006.