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Athenahealth today unveiled athenaText, a secure text messaging service integrated with athenahealth’s cloud-based EHR platform. It is available free…to every healthcare professional across the country. (HIPAA compliant text messaging)

1. Entresto - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
2. Avycaz - Actavis
3. Glyxambi - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc
4. Tuzistra XR - Vernalis Therapeutics, Inc, and Tris Pharma, Inc
5. Rytary - Impax Laboratories, Inc
6. Cosentyx - Novartis Pharmaceuticals
7. Cresemba - Astellas Pharma
8. Lenvima - Eisai, Inc
9. Natpara - NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc
10. Jadenu - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

National Health Service (United Kingdom) has announced a £15($23) million scheme to fund, recruit and employ clinical pharmacists in GP practices....pharmacists will offer a range of clinical care including helping patients to manage long-term conditions, giving advice on medications, managing repeat prescription requests and developing bespoke medicine plans for patients.

CVS has 7,800 retail stores…also maintains 1,500 walk-in Minute Clinics nationwide, providing access to healthcare for 60 percent of the country's population… becoming known for its interest in improving population health across the country. Last year it became the first major pharmacy chain to stop selling tobacco products,…

..hospital systems have increasingly developed their own specialty pharmacies to capitalize on the financial opportunities that specialty pharmacy offers... hospital systems are hoping to purchase specialty medications at 340B prices, then bill insurance companies for the higher, nondiscounted cost....

I have worked with, and still work with, pharmacists who continue to practice well into their 70s and even 80s. These pharmacists are extremely knowledgeable, excellent with patients, and exceptionally skilled when it comes to educating younger pharmacists. The one thing that each one of these very seasoned pharmacists has in common is that they do not need to work. To them, pharmacy is a way of life, and they find meaning in what they do..

RBC...celebrates the history and value of independent pharmacy and provides numerous opportunities for independent pharmacy owners to learn how to expand and thrive in their business. (This meeting is open to Cardinal Health customers)

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

Publix Pharmacy announced it is offering biometric screenings at the company’s more than 970 pharmacy locations. (Glucose, Lipid Panel, Lipid Panel + Glucose, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index).."As both a supermarket and pharmacy, we are uniquely positioned to assist our customers in their overall health and wellness goals,"

the idea of a walk-in clinic that specializes in opioid-maintenance management stinks like the fisherman's wharf on a 100-degree day....half of the physicians staffed in a clinic have sanctions on their license that forbid us from filling their prescriptions, it tells you something....Pharmacies will continue to fill the prescriptions because, at the end of the day, it all comes down to script count.