- How Automated Compounding Can Reduce Hospital Costs (pharmacytimes.com)
Automated compounding technology can help curb... errors...the use of an automated intravenous preparation device could virtually eliminate compounding errors, reducing hospital costs related to adverse drug events such as emergency intervention, extended hospitalizations, patient injury and additional treatment…
- Patient-Centered Technologies Advancing Health Care (pharmacytimes.com)
Richard Migliori, MD, UnitedHealth's chief medical officer,...vision of patient-centered technologies, health care policy, and pharmacy’s critical role in patient care.
- CIOs should prepare for possibility of lawsuits following security breaches (fiercehealthit.com)
Chief information officers may soon have to find themselves lawyers, because as cybersecurity attacks increase, the IT leaders could end up in the courtroom,…In the wake of the fallout from the news that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management was hacked, exposing the records of millions of federal employees,...
- The App Will See You Now, But May Not Get The Diagnosis Right (khn.org)
..warning out today for those who go online or to apps to figure out why they have an upset tummy or nagging cough or occasional chest pain. Symptom checkers, those tools that ask for information and suggest a diagnosis, are accurate only about half of the time.
- Pharmacy Week in Review: July 10, 2015 (pharmacytimes.com)
Ashley Talamo, Publisher: Pharmacy Times..(PTNN) This weekly video program highlights the latest in pharmacy news, product news, and more. (video)
- Insulin patches could replace injections for diabetics (newsdaily.com)"Smart" patch may eliminate need for insulin shots in diabetics (formularyjournal.modernmedicine.com)
“Basically we developed this kind of so-called smart insulin patch, which can sense the blood sugar level and release insulin at the right time only once the blood sugar goes up...meanwhile once the blood sugar level goes to a normal range, less insulin is released or is just inhibited.
- Researchers call for global genomic data repository in the cloud (fiercehealthit.com)Data analysis: Create a cloud commons (nature.com)
Researchers from Canada, Europe and the United States are calling on major funding agencies to set up a global genomic data repository in the cloud...available ...worldwide...offer massive storage and compute power...applaud...National Institutes of Health's decision...to lift its restriction on the use of cloud computing for storing genomic data sets.
- Healthcare needs more IT security pros – stat (cio.com)
..healthcare industry is in need of IT security experts to help manage the fast-paced growth of technology…the implementation of electronic medical records…data analytics, wearables, and health-monitoring devices, healthcare facilities are scrambling to catch up with the demand for staff to manage and support these technological advances.
- Epic at work on new tech to avert falls (healthcareitnews.com)
Epic is working on a clinical decision tool aimed at helping healthcare providers reduce the risk of falls in unsteady patients…Kaiser Permanente will roll out the tool at its facilities across the country and will also make its evidence-based falls prevention program widely available to other health systems and health plans.
- There’s an app for you: Tools for pharmacist use (pharmacist.com)
As pharmacists shift to a more patient-centered role, quick access to accurate, timely information is crucial. Mobile apps for pharmacist use fit the bill.
-Epocrates
-iPharmacy Pill ID & Drug Info
-Pharmacy Lab Values
-Pocket Pharmacist
-SHOTS Immunizations