Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. on Thursday announced that its board of directors has appointed Stefano Pessina to CEO, effective immediately. Read More »

The National Association of Professional Women honored Alyssa Greed as a 2015-2016 inductee into its VIP Woman of the Year Circle for her prominent leadership in pharmacy. Read More »

MedX Health Corp. said Monday its European pharmacy-focused partner has started a mole-scanning pilot using MedX's SIAscopy technology in 25 United Kingdom Alphega Pharmacies. Read More »

McKesson has launched Paragon Clinician Hub, a web-based information presentation and workflow management solution to help physicians and other care providers better manage the mass of everyday patient information and clinical tasks. Read More »

Walgreens on Monday launched its app for Apple Watch that helps remind people to take medications as prescribed through the features Pill Reminder and Refill Reminder. Read More »

Walgreens on Wednesday announced an expansion of its telehealth platform, in collaboration with telehealth services provider MDLIVE, to users in Colorado, Illinois and Washington. Read More »

Carena gains more backers for hospital system telemedicine solutions Telemedicine provider Carena, Inc., said Thursday that Cambia Health Solutions and McKesson Ventures have partnered with Catholic Health Initiatives and Martin Ventures to fund further development of Carena's Virtual Clinic used by hospital systems. Read More »

America’s health insurance industry continues to reel from prescription drug abuse, a federally classified nationwide crisis costing tens of thousands of lives and billions in healthcare-related dollars. Read More »

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) announced yesterday that general availability of the .pharmacy domain to pharmacies and pharmacy-related entities will start June 3. Read More »

McKesson Analytics Explorer is improving clinical and financial outcomes at more than 30 health systems across the nation, McKesson said yesterday. Read More »

Amgen last week announced the first results from its global Phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that assesses the efficiency and safety of AMG 334 for the prevention of episodic migraine. Read More »

McKesson Health Solutions unveiled the latest edition of InterQual, the company's flagship decision-support software and technology system, on Monday.      The 2015 edition includes 55 new and enhanced evidence-based clinical content areas and extensive updates, including the first admissions criteria to include comorbidities, criteria for 29 new specialty drugs and 33 new molecular diagnostic tests, as well as support for gene panels, among other features. Read More »

CARE Pharmacies Cooperative Inc. and Aureus Health Services Inc. have formed a partnership to facilitate specialty pharmacy management, the companies announced Thursday. Read More »

In 2014 the North American pharmacy information system market carried a value of more than $1.3 billion and its value is expected to increase to more than $2 billion by 2019, MicroMarket Monitor report said Monday. Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS) is an application used by medication dispensaries to increase patient safety by helping decrease the amount of errors in the dispensing process. It also provides information about dosage times and limits for specific patients based on their age, we Read More »

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) released a report profiling the continued prevalence of illegal online drug selling activity and the need for greater awareness about the risks posed to public health. Read More »

ATECH Inc., a Washington state manufacturer of the SmartCells cushioning technology, will be featured at the Spring Hospital conference in Orlando, Florida, today through Wednesday. Read More »

The Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Wednesday that it is a key sponsor of the USA Pavilion at the Milan World's Fair, which runs through Oct. 31. Expo Milano 2015's theme is “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life," and the fair aims to spotlight how countries produce healthy, safe and sufficient food for everyone while respecting the planet. Read More »

The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) and ProCE on Thursday announced the NASP Center for Specialty Pharmacy Education (CSPE) will house online education programs for pharmacists and other health care professionals working in specialty pharmacy. Read More »

St. Louis-based Centene Corp. on Monday announced the appointment of Ken Yamaguchi as executive vice president and chief medical officer. Read More »

Akorn Inc., a specialty generic pharmaceutical company, has announced recent executive appointments for roles on the Akorn management team. Read More »