- Providers grapple with cybersecurity (healthcareitnews.com)
Anti-virus, firewalls deployed as protection, but most recognize need for more advanced strategies...Two-thirds of health organizations polled...latest cybersecurity survey say they've recently experienced a "significant security incident."...
- Retailers will feel impact of overtime pay expansion (drugstorenews.com)
Retailers can expect their labor costs to rise under a new proposal from the Obama administration… food service managers, first-line servers of food preparation and first-line supervisors of retail store workers are…to be affected by the rule…”the law of unintended consequences at a time when the economy and those struggling the most can least afford it”..
- How The Feds Discourage Prescription Drug Competition (forbes.com)
….growing refrain among those who pay for healthcare services that they want new products to deliver more value…prescription drugs, this is usually interpreted to mean medicines that provide more benefit, at lower costs per increment of clinical advantage...Drug companies can rarely make claims around the value of their medicines
- Why the 21st Century Cures Act is unsafe legislation (fiercehealthit.com)
21st Century Cures Act contains good ideas for streamlining development and evaluation of new drugs and devices, but other provisions could lead to an approval process that is less safe, …nontraditional study designs and methods of data analysis…"shorter or smaller clinical trials"....redefine the evidence
- Access barrier created by distinguishable names for biosimilars, GPhA says (drugstorenews.com)
The Biosimilars Council, a division of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association,...strongly urged the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration to avoid any departure from the currently accepted international nonproprietary naming system….distinguishable names for biosimilars and biologics would erect barriers to patient access to new, more affordable medicines and could jeopardize their safety.
- Navigation Apps for Blind Now on Wearable Devices (pharmacytimes.com)
Two apps designed to assist those with visual impairments can now be used hands-free on wearable devices, such as Apple Watch...Novartis’s ViaOpta Nav app uses... vibration and voice guidance settings to…navigate unfamiliar environments using the device’s camera and voiceover features.
- No health insurance? Two free medical clinics announced (rgj.com)
University of Nevada School of Medicine will offer two free outreach clinics in July. The clinics are open to people of all ages and are geared to serve Washoe County's medically uninsured population...Patients can be seen for...work physicals, blood pressure monitoring and referrals to specialists. Lab work is available for discounted fees.
- Sam’s Club to offer free health screenings the week after the Fourth of July (drugstorenews.com)
Sam's Club is extending an invitation to both members and non-members on July 11 with a free health screening in those locations with a pharmacy...The screenings are valued at $150 and include tests for blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL, risk ratio, glucose and body mass index.
- Making the Case for Personalized Medicine (pharmacytimes.com)
In this podcast...Blake Toney, PharmD, MBA, tackles the subject of personalized medicine and pharmacogenomics
- Track-and-Trace Law Enforcement Delayed by FDA (pharmacytimes.com)
Track-and-trace requirements of the Drug Quality and Security Act will take effect tomorrow (today), but the FDA will not enforce the product tracing obligations for pharmacies until November.