Amazon.com, Inc. today announced the expansion of its foothold into the pharmacy business with two new pharmacy offerings to help customers conveniently purchase their prescription medications. Amazon Pharmacy, a new store on Amazon, allows customers to complete an entire pharmacy transaction on their desktop or mobile device through the Amazon App.
Here are six key things to know about this landmark
announcement:
1. Using a secure pharmacy profile, customers can add their insurance
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New CVS Pharmacy App Feature Can Read Prescription Labels Out Loud for Visually Impaired
What You Should Know:
- CVS introduced Spoken Rx™, a new feature of the
CVS Pharmacy app that can read important prescription information out loud. It
is vitally important for patient safety and adherence that prescription labels
are clear and visible, but for patients with visual impairments or those who
can’t read standard print labels, that’s not always the case.
- Spoken Rx provides an audible label option that reads
important info such as patient name, medication name,
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Puerto Rico’s First Home Delivery Pharmacy Launches During COVID-19 Crisis
What You Need to Know:
- Pharmacy benefits manager Abarca and Triple-S Salud announced the launch of Triple-S en Casa, Puerto Rico’s first prescription home delivery program during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Developed in partnership with one of the Island's largest health plans and pharmacy networks, Triple-S en Casa lets consumers manage and order their prescriptions through an easy-to-use mobile app--and have them delivered by a local pharmacy.
Pharmacy benefits manager Abarca and
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Blue Cross Becomes First Health Plan to Offer Direct Integration with PillPack
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Massachusetts announced a new pharmacy integration with PillPack by Amazon in its MyBlue member app and website that enables members to seamlessly manage and fill their prescriptions. - Blue Cross worked with PillPack to create a digital option for eligible members to switch to PillPack directly from their Blue Cross MyBlue member app or website. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") announced a new pharmacy integration in its MyBlue member app
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Only 20% of Customers Use A Pharmacy’s Mobile App, J.D. Power Finds
Only 20% of customers use a pharmacy’s mobile app, but those who did have satisfaction scores as much as 23 points higher than those who do not, according to the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Pharmacy Study. The study reveals that despite the looming threat of disruption at the hands of e-commerce, the U.S. pharmacy industry continues to enjoy superior levels of customer satisfaction in both the brick-and-mortar and mail order segments.Other key findings of the 2019 study include:- Face-to-face
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CareZone Raises $50M to Expand App-Based Patient Medication Management Platform
CareZone, a San Francisco, CA-based smartphone service for managing chronic health conditions, today announced it has raised $50 million in Series D funding led by NEA. CareZone plans to utilize the funding to expand its consumer reach and continue to grow its network of pharmacy and health partners. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to $150 million.Founded in 2012 by former CEO of Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz and former Microsoft and Apple engineer, Walter Smith,
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Digital Pharmacist Scores $6.5M to Help Pharmacies Engage Patients & Drive Adherence
Digital Pharmacist Inc., an Austin-based digital health startup formed from a merger of RxWiki and TeleManager has raised $6.5 million in Series B funding led by Activate Venture Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners. The company plans to use the recent round of funding to expand the adoption of the company's suite of digital, communication and adherence solutions.Additionally, the company plans to focus on developing new products that improve patient outcomes. Digital Pharmacist solutions
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