Drug Topics
JULY 18, 2024
Mayank Amin, PharmD, RPh, MBA, sat down with Drug Topics on part 1 of an episode of Over the Counter to share his experiences transforming a shuttered independent pharmacy into a thriving community hub.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2024
The authors emphasize that clinical research should focus on real-world difficulties, and pediatric asthma control should be seen as a health care priority.
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STAT
JULY 19, 2024
On Thursday, a widespread outage to Microsoft systems took down computers in health systems around the globe, leading many to cancel non-urgent medical appointments and surgeries as they encouraged patients to make plans for disrupted travel and delays in care. “A major worldwide software outage has affected many of our systems at Mass General Brigham,” the hospital system shared in a statement on Friday.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 18, 2024
The sprawling enterprise that is UnitedHealth Group is undergoing more layoffs under its Optum umbrella. | UnitedHealth's Optum is again laying off workers, with the scope unconfirmed. Landmark Health is downsizing once again and leaving major metropolitan areas.
Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay
Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.
Drug Topics
JULY 18, 2024
House Bill (HB) 1993 seeks to increase PBM transparency and accountability in an effort to combat the rising cost of prescription drugs.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2024
Safety and efficacy findings on Lomecel-B will be presented at the upcoming 2024 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, which will be held July 28 to August 1.
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Fierce Healthcare
JULY 19, 2024
A widespread outage to Microsoft systems has impacted health systems, hospitals and clinics as electronic health record software has been knocked offline, forcing providers to cancel non-emergency | A widespread outage to Microsoft systems has impacted health systems, hospitals and clinics as electronic health record software has been knocked offline, forcing providers to cancel non-emergency procedures and services.
Drug Topics
JULY 19, 2024
Steve Postal, JD, Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), discussed pharmacy benefit managers and vehicles necessary to induce reform.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 15, 2024
The findings demonstrate that the mG900 region plays a significant role in Type-2 helper T (Th2) cell differentiation and enhances allergic airway inflammation.
STAT
JULY 16, 2024
DECORAH, Iowa — It was livestock check-in day at the Winneshiek County Fair, and the dairy barn was consumed with a kind of pre-prom anxiety. A cow named Daiquiri was lumbering back from the milking parlor, adjusting to a new schedule that would have her “mammary system” bulging for showtime. Kennedy was getting a fresh shave, tufts of udder-fuzz drifting to the floor, revealing her resplendent venation.
Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist
What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 15, 2024
A new study released by healthcare AI company Atropos found that general purpose LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are not fit for use in clinical decisionmaking. | Healthcare AI company Atropos conducted a study to test how reliably ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, OpenEvidence and its own model, ChatRWD, answer clinicians' questions. General use LLMs did not fare well.
Drug Topics
JULY 17, 2024
The retail pharmacy chain issued an alert to its customers that purchasing data from 2017 to 2018 may have been breached by a third party.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2024
A large portion of the population of patients in the United States with GERD have the non-erosive type of the disease.
STAT
JULY 16, 2024
Michael Bloomberg’s donation of $1 billion to Johns Hopkins University to support medical education goes beyond similar gifts to other medical schools. The Bloomberg gift provides support to students in Hopkins’ schools of nursing and public health, not just in its medical school. As health professionals and educators, we are thrilled to see philanthropists supporting the future of medical training in the U.S.
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Fierce Healthcare
JULY 18, 2024
A new nationwide scorecard ranks the state of women’s health and reproductive care. The results reveal a deep geographic divide in women’s healthcare access and outcomes. | The state-by-state rankings found “significant” disparities between states and deepening racial and ethnic gaps in outcomes. The findings suggest these gaps could widen further, especially for women of color and those with low incomes in states with restricted access to reproductive care.
Drug Topics
JULY 16, 2024
COVID-19 patients had reduced absolute granulocyte, monocyte, and lymphocyte counts at 10 months post-infection compared to noninfected individuals.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 19, 2024
In a study of Swedish patients with mantle cell lymphoma, the participants faced a heightened risk of infection after their diagnosis and associated treatment for the disease.
STAT
JULY 17, 2024
Around the world, patients suddenly can’t find enough of the insulins made by companies they have long relied on to do so. In the U.S., Novo Nordisk’s recent decision to discontinue a product has left patients with fewer options. At the same time, patients are encountering shortages of other products from Novo and Eli Lilly. For months, pharmacies have been running out of vials of certain insulins that patients use to fill the pumps they wear on their body.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 17, 2024
Healthcare costs are set to rise between 7% and 8% in 2025, according to a new report from PwC. | Healthcare costs are set to rise between 7% and 8% in 2025, according to a new report from PwC.
Drug Topics
JULY 16, 2024
The CDC issued a report on the state of the avian influenza, or bird flu, at the end of last week.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2024
The SPN team's key focus was collaborating with the sports medicine community and discussing ways Sports Pharmacy can support athletic trainers in creating comprehensive care for athletes.
STAT
JULY 15, 2024
WASHINGTON – Top Food and Drug Administration officials met multiple times earlier this year to discuss the regulation of ultra-processed foods, according to internal agency calendars obtained by STAT. Two FDA officials, Haider Warraich and Robin McKinnon, met multiple times in February to discuss regulating these edible industrial creations, such as sodas, prepackaged cookies, and most breakfast cereals.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 17, 2024
Electronic health record messages to patients drafted by generative AI were of similar quality and accuracy to those written by healthcare professionals, according to a newly published study conduc | A blind analysis of hundreds of EHR message drafts found similar quality and usability. Generative AI's contributions were more empathetic, but also tended to be longer and more linguistically complex.
Drug Topics
JULY 15, 2024
Updated vaccines are expected to be available in the coming months.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 17, 2024
A patient with severe and recurrent pemphigus vulgaris achieved lasting remission with a novel intravenous immunoglobulin preparation that had the added benefit of reducing treatment-related side effects.
STAT
JULY 19, 2024
The first time I saw Maya (not her real name) huddled under blankets in a hospital bed in 2013, she had been to dozens of inpatient detox programs and residential treatment centers since she had begun using heroin two decades earlier. After every release, she returned to heroin use, usually within days. Why didn’t treatment “stick”?
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 16, 2024
UnitedHealth Group has bounced back in the second quarter, reaffirming its guidance | UnitedHealth Group has bounced back in the second quarter, reaffirming its guidance for the year as it posts a profit of $4.2 billion.
Drug Topics
JULY 19, 2024
The collaboration between Surescripts and DAW Systems leverages Surescripts’ established e-prescribing network, which last year processed 2.5 billion prescriptions from 1.29 million prescribers across the US.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 16, 2024
Accurate medication reconciliations are critical for ensuring safe patient outcomes, and a correct medication list can help prevent drug-drug interactions, contraindications, and duplicate therapies.
STAT
JULY 19, 2024
WastewaterSCAN, one of the United States’ largest private entities that provide real-time data on pathogens in wastewater, has stopped collecting data from 43 facilities due to “resource constraints,” according to emails the company sent to staff overseeing these sites. The group — based at Stanford University, in partnership with Emory University — had been collecting samples from 194 sites in 41 states and the District of Columbia, a swath including 39 millio
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 19, 2024
Kidney care giant DaVita has agreed to pay nearly $34.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to secure referrals, according to an announcement from the Justice Department. | Kidney care giant DaVita has agreed to pay nearly $34.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to secure referrals, according to an announcement from the Justice Department.
Drug Topics
JULY 17, 2024
“If people think COVID is no big deal and decide to forgo vaccinations, they’re essentially doubling their risk of developing long COVID,” wrote investigators.
Pharmacy Times
JULY 19, 2024
Individuals that followed the Mediterranean diet with EPA-DHA supplements displayed an increase in omega-3 levels which improved clinical appearance.
STAT
JULY 15, 2024
Bird flu snapshot: This is the latest installment in a series of regular updates on the H5N1 flu outbreak in dairy cows that STAT is publishing on Monday mornings. To read future updates, you can also subscribe to STAT’s Morning Rounds newsletter. There are more human cases of H5N1 bird flu infection, and another state has joined the list of those with infected dairy cow herds.
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