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MedAware…offers a big-data software platform that integrates with a hospital's electronic health-record system to detect prescription errors before they happen. It draws from patterns in millions of patient records to flag medication-order outliers.

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…

..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.

'Organizations must pay particular attention to HIPAA's requirements when using Internet-based document sharing applications' St. Elizabeth's Medical Center…will pay $218,400 to the Office for Civil Rights for alleged HIPAA violations…resulted from a..stating that the medical center was using a Web-based document-sharing application to store data containing protected health information.

Mitali Nagrecha, counsel at Bergen Pharmacy, discusses tactics specialty pharmacies can use to maintain medication adherence.

"The two biggest categories vying for OTC status right now are statins and erectile dysfunction drugs,"…ED drugs are probably closer to OTC approval than statins. The massive OTC advertising campaigns behind all of the ED products from their initial approval set the stage for OTC status.

Richard Migliori, MD, UnitedHealth's chief medical officer,...vision of patient-centered technologies, health care policy, and pharmacy’s critical role in patient care.

Have you ever wondered what opportunities exist for pharmacy technicians..

1. Chain pharmacy (70% of the 350,000 pharmacy technicians)
2. Independent pharmacy
3. Hospital pharmacy (17%)
4. Managed care (Less than 10%)
5. Nuclear pharmacy (1%)
6. Industry
7. Government agency
8. Mail-order pharmacy
9. Home infusion
10. Poison control
11. Academia

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

Anacor Pharmaceuticals rose by over 40% today on heavy volume after the company released positive top-line results from two pivotal late-stage trials for crisaborole topical ointment as a treatment for mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis,..has the potential to become a first line treatment…