The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) recently published “How to Implement the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process,” a guidebook that introduces the pharmacists’ care process. The Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners adopted the pharmacists’ care process in May 2014. Read More »

Retail Management Solutions (RMS) last week announced that the Independent Pharmacy Cooperative (IPC), a national community pharmacy purchasing organization, has selected it as an approved point-of-sale (POS) vendor. Read More »

Surescripts announced today that it will implement its national record locator service with electronic health record vendors eClinicalWorks, Epic and Greenway Health. Read More »

Nine companies with strong commitments to the future of pharmacy announced a partnership last week to help transform pharmacies into healthcare destinations. Read More »

Children with neurological disorders are slightly more likely to develop complications from influenza, but a new study shows that they are no likelier to be vaccinated than those without such ailments, researchers have concluded. Read More »

Encountering record use of its online pharmacy tool platform, ChainDrugStore.net announced an ongoing expansion of its offerings from its Springfield, Virginia, headquarters on Thursday. Read More »

Catamaran Corp. has completed its acquisition of Healthcare Solutions for a purchase price of $405 million in cash, it was announced Thursday in Schaumburg, Illinois. Read More »

The Pharmacy Workforce Center’s (PWC) 2014 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey indicates that pharmacists are becoming more involved in patient care activities, spending less time in the traditional role of dispensing medications and working in an industry that has become more female-dominated over the past decade. Read More »

In a novel approach to continuing education, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants will have a chance to improve their practice at the first Annual Convenient Healthcare & Pharmacy Collaborative Aug. 6 and 7 in Orlando, Florida. Read More »

Aesynt, Inc., a provider of integrated pharmacy automated solutions for hospitals and health systems, said Wednesday it successfully implemented Apttus CPQ. Read More »

Clapp will work with the company's Hospice Pharmacy Benefit Management Solution division Read More »

Armada Health Care on Thursday announced it is launching an integrated, web-based software platform that enhances specialty pharmacy operations, prescription workflow and overall patient management. Read More »

According to a survey of 443 employers conducted by WorldatWork and underwritten by HealthMine, wellness programs aren’t being held accountable for lowering health care costs. Read More »

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) today applauded Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper for signing Senate Bill 71, legislation that creates a pathway for the substitution of interchangeable biologic medicines. Read More »

The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), sponsored by American biopharmaceutical research companies to connect uninsured or under-insured Americans with programs that provide prescription medicines for free or minimal costs, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week.  Read More »

Company's clients will now have access to latest PQA metrics used for Medicare, Medicaid Read More »

A working paper recently published as part of a National Bureau of Economic Research series examines whether the introduction of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program in 2006 may have contributed to an increase in prescription drug abuse. Read More »

A recent Prime Therapeutics, LLC study on hereditary angioedema revealed that individuals with the condition are accumulating specialty drug costs of more than $300,000 annually on average. Read More »

Geneva Woods Pharmacy, Inc., (GWP) a provider of integrated home and specialty pharmacy services in under-served rural markets, said on Tuesday that its merger with Frontier Medical has been fully implemented structurally, as it has now fully integrated the firm -- a provider of long-term care pharmaceutical services, home medical equipment, and complex rehabilitation and respiratory services in Alaska -- into its own company. Read More »

Actavis confirmed last week that it has filed an abbreviated new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), requesting approval to market Ambrisentan, and has confirmed a patent challenge. Read More »