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Shadow pharmacies playing on COVID fears; hospitals get cash injection

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Primary topic: Privacy & Security Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Shadow pharmacies playing on COVID fears; hospitals get cash injection Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Putting a Price Tag on Healthcare Middlemen

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By David Burda - Healthcare middlemen like group purchasing organizations, distributors and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) add costs to our already bloated healthcare system, not subtract costs through savings like they claim. The post Putting a Price Tag on Healthcare Middlemen appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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RFID: Increasing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiencies

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Hospital pharmacy leaders, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians have long strived to ensure the accuracy of medications delivered throughout the healthcare system, be it in operating rooms, crash carts, or various specialized areas. These tags store critical information and respond by reflecting radio waves from RFID readers.

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Insurance Coverage for Psychedelic Therapy

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By Vincent Joralemon As therapies using drugs like MDMA, psilocybin, and LSD advance through the FDA research and approval pipeline, patients should be prepared for steep price tags attached to these procedures. As such, depending on coverage , Spravato can fall under either (or both) medical or pharmacy benefits.

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Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

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News Tech is poised to transform the pharmacy experience for patients UMPC's chief pharmacy officer Chronis Manolis discusses the future of pharmacies ahead of. Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Patient Engagement By Laura Lovett | March 14, 2022. By Laura Lovett | March 03, 2022.

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COVID-19: a technologist’s tale

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Government & Policy Patient Engagement Pharmacy Privacy & Security Telehealth COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, has entered the lexicon as if it was always there. Analogies are often drawn between the logistics in retail and those in pharmacy. The other aspect of medication that COVID-19 soon outed was prescribing.

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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

These life-long treatments deliver impressive clinical outcomes but come with a high price tag, putting employers and healthcare insurers under pressure. 9amHealth is addressing this challenge by providing affordable cardiometabolic care at scale and helping to manage the rising costs of GLP-1s for both patients and employers.