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Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS are teaming up this year to offer free HIV testing in more than 150 cities across the country.....we have helped nearly 20,000 people access free testing. We are pleased to be able to continue to help make it easier for those in the communities that we serve to know their status."

I review key deal terms and what they mean for CVS and Target. I also consider derivative impacts on McKesson, Cardinal Health, Diplomat Pharmacy, and Catamaran.

.....the skill sets that contemporary community pharmacists need to routinely and effectively provide CMM services in today’s health care system include current and comprehensive therapeutic knowledge (the foundation for all other skills), critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, interpersonal communication (verbal and written), teamwork (collaboration with other providers), motivational interviewing, health coaching, and documentation skills.

Mobile apps and games becoming critical 'adjunct to clinical care management'. The Personal Connected Health Alliance and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society are partnering with the Games for Health Project to help increase the role of personal health technology in care delivery, convening clinical leaders and innovators with gamers and game developers.

Imagine a world where access to any health information or services you needed was available at any time through your digital device. We are not there yet, but CVS Health is doing its best to create that world with its new Digital Innovation Lab located in Boston..."We want to change how healthcare is delivered in this country, and digital is at the heart of the transformation."

…. program funded by Wounded Warrior Project aspires to improve mental health services and care for veterans in the private sector. The charity is using $70 million to fund an effort that will create outpatient programs at four of the nation's top academic medical facilities, aimed at helping sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

A Florida hospital physician group is launching an mHealth platform to enhance care and treatment for Medicare patients.... they will employ a mobile chronic management platform, by Smartlink Mobile Systems, focused on helping providers meet Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' requirements for chronic care management.

Rite Aid...introduced a medication synchronization program as part of its pharmacy offerings called OneTripRefills..."As part of our efforts to make our pharmacy experience more convenient,...when combined with our existing service to send alerts via text message, email or phone when a prescription is ready to be picked up, it creates a more patient-friendly experience...."

Health-system pharmacists can play a pivotal role in ensuring medication adherence among anticoagulated patients during transitions of care. ..In fact, studies have shown pharmacist-led interventions are successful in supporting patient adherence to novel oral anticoagulants and improving health outcomes.

"The pharmacy is not just for ‘picking up prescriptions,’" explained Ray Bullman, Executive Vice President of the National Council on Patient Information and Education. "Consumers are often unaware of the many patient care services that pharmacists can provide to address appropriate medication use through medication therapy management, prevention, and wellness services such as immunizations and smoking cessation."