Medication Management


The prescription food chain is long and complicated, beginning with the initial prescription to ultimate fulfillment. This section includes electronic prescribing, support tools for medication selection, safety and alert applications for clinicians, and medication reconciliation for patients changing care settings.


AMA to Sebelius: Stop ICD-10

Joseph Goedert | Feb 02
The American Medical Association, which is actively working to stop implementation of the ICD-10 code sets, has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking her to immediately halt the implementation process.
Coding
Policy & Regulation

Study: E-Scripts Improve Medication Adherence

Joseph Goedert | Feb 01
A study of de-identified pharmacy data finds patient-first-fill medication adherence--the number of times a patient actually fills a new prescription--increases by 10 percent when the prescription is electronic.
EHR
Health Info Exchange

Scrambling I.T. to Address Drug Shortages

Joseph Goedert | Feb 01
The daily fight to find critical drugs in chronically short supply isn't getting any easier, and I.T. tools to aid in the search often are lacking.
Hospitals
Group Practices

Wireless Bar Code Scanner Targeted for Health Care

Joseph Goedert | Jan 30
Wasp Barcode Technologies has introduced a new wireless bar code scanner with antimicrobial protection for the health care environment.
Mobile Technology
Hospitals

Consumer Medical & Drug Comparison Services Integrate, Target Employers

Joseph Goedert | Jan 20
Castlight Health Inc., which operates a Web site enabling consumers to compare providers’ prices and quality for medical procedures, will add prescription drug price comparison data.
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Consumer Health
Web Technology

New Health I.T. Tutorials from the AMA

Joseph Goedert | Jan 17
The American Medical Association’s newest additions to its Web site are three video tutorials to aid physicians in adopting health information technology.
Group Practices
Health Analytics

FDA Expands Clinical Trial Disclosures

Joseph Goedert | Jan 12
Research subjects in clinical trials must be informed of certain financial arrangements or prior misconduct of clinical investigators, the FDA has announced.
Consumer Health
Disease Management

Mediware Acquisition Targets Stem Cell Transplantation

Joseph Goedert | Jan 09
Ancillary software vendor Mediware Information Systems has acquired Transtem LLC, which sells software to manage the collection and transplantation of adult stem cells in cellular-based therapies and medical research. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Decision Support
Disease Management

CareFusion Results Fall Short of Analyst Expectations

Joseph Goedert | Jan 09
The stock price of CareFusion Corp. fell more than 8 percent during morning trading on Jan. 9 after news of lower financial performance for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 ended Dec. 31.
Vendor News
Decision Support

Yardi Buys Long-Term Vendor ALMSA

Joseph Goedert | Jan 05
Property management software vendor Yardi Systems Inc. has acquired ALMSA Corp., which sells electronic health records and electronic medication administration record software to assisted living and long-term care communities.
EHR
Vendor News

Wireless Glucose Management Product Gets FDA OK

Jan 01
Consumer Health
Disease Management

FDA Rule Addresses Drug Shortages

Joseph Goedert | Dec 15
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an interim final rule, with a comment period, that makes changes to how pharmaceutical firms report drug shortages.
Policy & Regulation
Hospitals

Testing Texts to Improve Medication Management

Joseph Goedert | Dec 13
Front Porch, an operator of retirement communities, will test using cell phone texting to improve adherence to medication regimens.
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Consumer Health
Disease Management

New AMA App Targets Consumers

Joseph Goedert | Nov 28
The American Medical Association has introduced its second mobile application, a tool to help patients carry and share their medical information.
Consumer Health
Decision Support

E-Prescribing Adoption Goes Over 50 Percent

Joseph Goedert | Nov 22
National electronic prescribing network operator Surescripts recently announced that 52 percent of office-based physicians--about 291,000--now actively e-prescribe.
Electronic Data Interchange
EHR
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