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- Managing The Challenges Of Increasing Medication Costs In Auto No-Fault Insurance
- Challenges associated with managing medication costs include price inflation, paying for expensive brand medications, and filling non-compensable medications. Without proper management, these challenges can cause an overall rise in the cost of pharmacy expenses and a decrease in insured satisfaction. Auto no-fault insurers can gain more control over medication costs...
- White papers 2008-03-05
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- Dockside to Bedside: A New Paradigm for Health System Medication Management
- As provider organizations pursue BPOC (bar code enabled point-of-care) technologies, they should evaluate the drug distribution companies' abilities to provide value in designing a best practice model for a more efficient, safe, and cost-effective medication supply chain. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates the United States could cut 15 to...
- White papers 2004-06-29
- Putting safety first: West Virginia hospital uses point-of-care bar coding for documented improved safety in administering medications - What Works: Medication Management
- It's not just medication errors that drive hospitals to adopt point-of-care technology. It's the potential for medication errors-and the subsequent potential cost to patients, caregivers and healthcare organizations. Weirton Medical Center in Weirton, WV, is a 238-bed community hospital that recently chose a point-of-care solution for reducing medication errors....
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- University of Maryland Medical Center Partners with CDEX to Implement Medication Validation Solution; CDEX's ValiMed System Chosen by UMMS to Verify Compounded Medications and Doses, Validate Narcotic Returns, and Identify Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals
- ROCKVILLE, Md. & BALTIMORE -- The University of Maryland Medical Center has selected the CDEX (OTCBB:CEXI) ValiMed system to perform end product testing of compounded intravenous medications in its pharmacy departments, and validation of returned narcotics in its operating room suites and nursing units. The CDEX ValiMed medication verification system...
- Research articles 2005-11-29
- HHS announces new requirements for bar codes on drugs and blood to reduce risks of medication errors.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 February 2004-US FDA: HHS announces new requirements for bar codes on drugs and blood to reduce risks of medication errorsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02252004 HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing...
- Research articles 2004-02-25
- Henry Ford Hospital Selects ValiMed From CDEX For Medication Validation; ValiMed Verifies Compounded Medications and Doses and Validates Narcotic Returns
- ROCKVILLE, Md. & DETROIT -- Henry Ford Hospital has selected the ValiMed system to perform end-product testing of compounded intravenous medications in its pharmacy departments, and validation of returned narcotics in its operating room suites and nursing units. The ValiMed medication verification system was developed by CDEX (CEXI.OB) to give...
- Research articles 2006-03-16
- Unit-dose medication packaging.(Dispensingmeds)
- Computerized system at MeritCare Health System packages medications into small, bar-coded, unit-dose packages, then automatically picks and dispenses a 24-hour supply of medications for each patient into a larger, bar-coded bag for delivery. Medication errors are a major concern for hospitals. A...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- AerovectRx Corp. Receives FDA 510 Clearance for the First Nebulizer Drug Delivery System with Disposable Medication Cartridge; AeroCell™ Cartridge Provides for Cost-Effective Delivery of Drugs and Ongoing Revenue Stream
- ATLANTA -- AerovectRx, Corporation, developers of new pain-free, inhaled drug delivery technology, today announced that it received 510k clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the first vibrating mesh nebulizer with a disposable medication cartridge. The new technology is planned for use to deliver a wide variety...
- Research articles 2006-04-11
- Medication errors harm 1.5 million Americans every year
- WASHINGTON AFP — Medication errors made in hospitals and clinics around the country harm at least 1.5 million Americans every year, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences. "There are at least 1.5 million preventable ADEs adverse drug events that occur in the United States each...
- Research articles 2006-07-21
- Winner to study medication error prevention.
- Aug 26, 2003 (Pharmacy News - ABIX via COMTEX) A pharmacist has been awarded a 2003 Victoria Fellowship. Tam Vuong, a PhD student at Monash University, will use the $A15,000 fellowship to travel to Canada and the US to study the problem of medication-related...
- Research articles 2003-08-26
- Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness and Outcomes of Asthma Treatments: Case Studies and Assessment Tools
- This article is designed to educate clinicians (physicians, nurses, etc.) and financial personnel (Business Managers, Chief Financial Officers, etc.) in the long-term care marketplace. It discusses Asthma and the acute treatment options available to patients who suffer from the disease along assessing financial implications of those options. Although asthma continues...
- White papers 2002-02-12
- Washington Consumers Say Buying Prescription Medication in Canada Benefits All.
- By Carol M. Ostrom, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 6--Roy and Kathleen McMullin figured they were their insurance company's new best friends. Like a growing number of people fed up with the high cost of prescription drugs,...
- Research articles 2001-05-06
- Thai Hospital Opts for Non-Drug Medication, Plans Massages, Herbal Therapy.
- By Charoen Kittikanya, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 4--With alternative medical treatment gaining popularity, Piyavate Hospital Plc will convert 400 of its 500 beds to cater for massages, spa services, yoga, meditation and herbal therapy. The...
- Research articles 2002-10-04
- The Commonwealth Fund: One-Fifth Of New York Seniors Skipped Doses Or Didn't Fill Prescriptions Because Of Cost
- NEW YORK, Dec. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- While New York State has one of the largest and most effective senior drug assistance programs in the country, nearly one in five seniors living in New York had no coverage for medications in 2001, according to a new report from The Commonwealth...
- Research articles 2002-12-05
- Biotech's New Blockbusters -- Oh, Really?
- Biotech's New Blockbusters -- Oh, Really?20 to 30 Blockbusters of Biotech Exist NowInnovation in Pharmacology?Beginning in the 1970, biopharmaceuticals were being researched for conceptual production in those places once called academic institutions. The first biopharmaceutical ever was a synthetic insulin called Humulin made by Genetech in 1982. Later...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- The War Against Tobacco Slows
- This post was written by Maggie Mahar and Niko Karvounis 2007 marked the first time in 50 years that less than 20% of Americans smoked. This is the good news. The bad news is that, just as the battle against smoking has entered what may be its most critical, final...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Hiding In Plain Sight: Using Medicare To Solve The â??Public Optionâ?? Conundrum
- By JEFF GOLDSMITH As Senate and House Committee versions of health reform move toward unified legislation and floor votes, the most complex political challenge is how to resolve the "public option" controversy. While one would have thought weightier issues such as the shape of Medicare reform, the taxation required to...
- News items 2009-10-21
- A Cure for Clinical Trials
- US pharma companies often miss their deadlines when testing new drugs. The use of marketing techniques to manage the recruitment of patients for clinical trials could speed things up considerably. Testing new drugs is a costly and frustrating headache for pharmaceuticals companies—and the pain is about to get worse. Clinical...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Walgreen Company F1Q09 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Lisa Gill – JP Morgan Lisa Gill – JP Morgan Is there any way you can break out for us the SG&A as it pertains today to the new stores so that we can get an understanding of what your...
- Earnings calls 2008-12-23
- CVS Pushes Online Health Care
- CVS is expanding health care services online to make them more comprehensive and accessible to consumers at a time when medical concerns are gaining and other retailers are encroaching on their wellness territory. To improve access to medical information, CVS is expanding a program with Google Health...
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
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