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8 Executive Pharmacy Predictions/Trends to Watch in 2023

by Fred Pennic 01/18/2023 Leave a Comment

Executive Pharmacy Predictions/Trends 2023

Frank Harvey, CEO at Surescripts Community pharmacists trusted to deliver care: In 2023, pharmacists will play an integral role as part of the team managing patient care for diseases like diabetes, hypertension, or multiple comorbidities. And to support this work, I predict that we will see more activity between payers, pharmacists, the government and technology organizations to ensure that pharmacists are able to perform these important activities and be reimbursed for their work. Greg
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Executive Roundtable: Can Innovation Alleviate Clinician Burnout?

by Fred Pennic 07/18/2022 Leave a Comment

Physician Burnout Report: Understanding The Impact of Burnout on Healthcare Executives

The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural, and organizational causes—including excessive workloads, administrative burden, and lack of organizational support. The potential fallout of this trajectory is alarming: The advisory cites the Association of American Medical Colleges’ estimate on clinician demand outpacing supply, with an anticipated shortage of between
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HIMSS22 Day 2 Roundup: Google Partners with MEDITECH, Microsoft’s Health Cloud Strategy Expansions

by Fred Pennic 03/15/2022 Leave a Comment

HIMSS22 Day 2 Roundup: Google Partners with MEDITECH, Microsoft’s Health Cloud Strategy Expansions,

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity OptimizeRx Acquires EvinceMed, a Specialty Drug Prescription Initiation Platform OptimizeRx, a provider of point-of-care technology solutions helping patients start and stay on therapy announced a definitive agreement to acquire the EvinceMed platform and related assets. EvinceMed is a provider in delivering end-to-end automation for specialty pharmaceutical transactions. The acquisition includes the full Market Access Management Platform
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First Databank Clinician Addresses COVID-19 Vaccine Skepticism – Q/A

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2021

As the Biden administration ramps up its efforts to increase the access of COVID-19 vaccines to more Americans, there are a large number of Americans who are skeptical about of the COVID-19 vaccine. About 1 in 3 Americans stated they definitely or probably won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a recent poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll reveals while 67% of Americans plan to get vaccinated or have already done so, 15% are certain they
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Amazon Alexa Devices Can Now Answer Medication-Related Questions

by Fred Pennic 03/05/2020 Leave a Comment

Amazon Alexa Devices Can Now Answer Medication-Related Questions

What You Need to Know: - In a new collaboration between First Databank and Amazon, consumers will have access to a wide variety of FDB’s drug information through simple queries via Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. - A subset of FDB’s drug information, trusted for more than 40 years by healthcare professionals, can now be accessed by consumers from any Alexa-enabled device. - The Amazon Alexa integration provides custom content that allows consumers to ask about a drug’s
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Redox, FDB Partner to Enable Interoperability of Critical Patient Medication Information

by Fred Pennic 09/04/2019 Leave a Comment

Redox Lands $33M for Scalable Healthcare Data Interoperability Platform

Redox today announced it has partnered with FDB (First Databank, Inc.) to enable scalability and accessibility of critical patient medication information from FDB’s industry-leading SMART on FHIR® app, Meducation®, now listed in the Epic App Orchard.The Bigger PictureClinicians using Meducation to document a patient’s medication regimen access, generate and review Meducation content at various points within the workflow—including for bedside counseling and at discharge. Using Redox, clinicians
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CareCloud, First Data Partner to Launch New Patient Experience Platform

by HITC Staff 10/03/2017 Leave a Comment

CareCloud, First Data Partner to Launch New Patient Experience Platform

CareCloud and First Data have joined forces to help medical practices engage their patients through a new patient experience management platform called Breeze. Breeze’s mobile and web apps allow patients to manage their doctors’ appointments from their smart device, fill out necessary insurance and medical forms, and manage payments anywhere, anytime. This strategic alliance brings together the power and intuitive design of CareCloud’s healthcare platform with First Data’s commerce-enabling
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First Databank Unveils OrderSpace to Enhance Medication Ordering in CPOE

by HITC Staff 02/24/2016 Leave a Comment

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FDB (First Databank), a provider of clinical drug knowledge that improves medication-related decisions and patient outcomes has announced the release of FDB OrderSpace™, a web-based solution that enables customization of medication ordering content in CPOE systems. The McKesson Paragon® electronic health record is the first to deploy FDB OrderSpace with the goal of making ordering medications easier and more satisfying for clinicians. FDB OrderSpace is a web-based software tool that enables
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FDB Releases CPOE-Ready Drug Database for EHR Canadian Market

by HITC Staff 02/10/2016 Leave a Comment

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First Databank, a provider of clinical drug knowledge that helps improve medication-related decisions and patient outcomes has released FDB OrderKnowledge®Canada, a pre-built medication ordering drug knowledge base specifically designed to help make computerized provider order entry (CPOE) applications more intuitive and user-friendly. Although there has been significant federal investment since 2001 to spur EHR adoption across Canada, deployment of CPOE applications is still relatively low.
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