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9 Ways Pharmacies Can Participate in Health Literacy Month

Digital Pharmacist

Health literacy plays a crucial role in the overall well-being of individuals and communities. October is recognized as Health Literacy Month, a time when healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities come together to promote understanding and access to health information.

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Care … Amazon’s Revolutionary Move into Healthcare

Fuld

It is delivering prescriptions to patients rather than forcing them to go to a retail pharmacy, and it is providing a low-cost, hi-tech 24/7 on-body monitoring service backed up by leading-edge AI analytics to provide early disease detection and real-time health data. 2019 — Cerner, Amazon Care, and Health Navigator.

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How to give back to the community during the holidays

SingleCare

Volunteer Personal time is just as valuable as cold hard cash, especially when you can contribute specialized skills. Organize a free vaccination clinic for the community, or a health workshop where you teach the value of medication adherence. Make a care package or write a letter to a soldier. Not sure where to start?

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Five for Friday March 22: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality

PQA

“When a provider prescribes any of these medications, they will prescribe it to LillyDirect, LillyDirect will take care of that patient and make sure that their prior authorization is done and really take care of that patient and then send that script over to Amazon Pharmacy,” said Tanvi Patel, director of Amazon Pharmacy.

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Digital Transformation in Clinical Trials: Advancing Healthcare with Technology

Viseven

In the pre-digital era, clinical trials relied on traditional methodologies centered around in-person interactions and manual data collection, which presented numerous limitations. Data collection involved paper forms, diaries, and in-person interviews , which, while essential for documenting symptoms and outcomes, were prone to human error.

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Considerations for a Decentralized Manufacturing Paradigm

ISPE

There are several operating models that can potentially be categorized under “decentralized” manufacturing, including distributed manufacturing (DM), modular manufacturing (MM), and point-of-care (POC) manufacturing. Summary from Advanced Manufacturing Technology Workshop Held at 6th Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Development Meeting.”

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Challenges & Opportunities in Emerging Digital Health Technologies

ISPE

Challenges & Opportunities in Emerging Digital Health Technologies. Challenges & Opportunities in Emerging Digital Health Technologies. Emergency use authorization (EUA) to increase the availability of remote or wearable monitoring devices to treat patients and reduce the risk of exposure of health care providers to SARS-CoV-2 4. ,