Skip to main content

Pharmacy Technology

  • Diabetes Care Partners launches telehealth program

    WEST COVINA, Calif. — Diabetes Care Partners has introduced a new telehealth diabetes self-management education program, the company said.

    The West Covina, Calif.-based company announced the launch of DiabetesCareConnect at Eastern Plumas Health Care in Portola, Calif., supported by Telehealthdocs, a team of physicians and telemedicine specialists, and Telemed Management.

  • PharmaSmart, Rexall enter deal to integrate kiosk data, electronic patient records

    ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Health kiosk maker PharmaSmart International and Canadian retail pharmacy chain Rexall will combine PharmaSmart's biometric screening technology with Rexall's dispensing system, under a new partnership announced Monday.

  • Walgreens, Dollar General make InformationWeek's list of top IT users

    NEW YORK — A listing of the 500 most innovative users of information technology, as determined by industry magazine InformationWeek, includes the country's largest retail pharmacy chain and a major dollar-store chain.

    On the recently released InformationWeek 500, Walgreens ranked 89th, and Dollar General ranked in 98th place.

  • QS/1, RxTran partner on pharmacy translation

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — QS/1 will offer its pharmacy clients prescription-translation software under a new partnership with pharmacy language service firm RxTran, the two companies said Thursday.

  • Physician, talk show co-host Travis Stork appointed to telehealth provider's advisory board

    SUNRISE, Fla. — Telehealth services and software provider MDLive has appointed a nationally known physician and talk show co-host as chairman of its medical advisory board.

    MDLive announced Wednesday the appointment of Travis Stork, who is co-host of the Emmy award-winning daytime talk show "The Doctors."

  • McKesson division achieves SCP technology standard

    LIVONIA, Mich. — A consortium of companies that has developed standards to improve the quality and effectiveness of technology service operations has named McKesson Pharmacy Systems & Automation as making the grade, McKesson said.

    The healthcare services company said it achieved the Service Capability and Performance standards, set by Service Strategies and several other technology companies.

  • Most pharmacies can take e-prescriptions as e-prescribers jump nearly eightfold, study finds

    PLAINSBORO, N.J. — More than half of prescribers are writing prescriptions electronically, according to a new study.

  • National Health Systems introduces pharmacy division aimed at independents

    FORT WORTH, Texas — The parent company of pharmacy software maker PDX has formed a new division to provide independent pharmacies with software and services, which it said would create portable, interoperable healthcare data.

    National Health Systems announced Monday the creation of the Community Pharmacy Division within PDX and fellow NHS company National Health Information Network. The new offerings will allow independents' patients to share electronic healthcare data with other pharmacies and their providers.

X
This ad will auto-close in 10 seconds