Pharmacy Technology

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy is partnering with Appriss Health to bolster the state’s prescription drug monitoring program, the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System, or OARRS. The reporting system will now offer access to Appriss Health’s NarxCare analytics and patient support platform to pharmacists and prescribers within their clinical workflow and through OARRS.

DANBURY, Conn., and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Analytics company QuintilesIMS has a new name. Effective Nov. 6, the company will do business as IQVIA, with its name ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange set to switch to IQV on Nov. 15. The name change comes almost a year and a half after Quintiles merged with IMS Health in a $9 billion deal.

Synergy Medical, a Canadian manufacturer of automation for single and multi-dose blister cards, has been in the industry for over 10 years. With over 300 systems installed across North America, the company has figured out a way to make the latest addition to their offerings — the SynMed Ultra — work with 35 different types of packaging and produce more than 100 multi-dose blister cards per hour.

Medication adherence remains a major obstacle to saving lives, controlling costs and improving the quality of healthcare.

Statistics show that nearly three of five American adults take at least one daily medication and separate data tell us that from 2000 to 2012, the proportion of people taking five or more prescription medications had doubled.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health’s latest partnership is looking to make it easier for prescribers to see lower-cost alternatives through analytics and data sharing. The company is working Epic, whose Health Planet population health and analytics platform creates insights around medication dispensing patterns and adherence behaviors.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Smith Drug has a new addition to its staff. The company named Joe Willaman to the newly created position of associate VP strategic accounts. In the position, Willaman will work with regional chains to highlight the benefits of Smith Drug’s products and services.

SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs has become the first user of the strategic alliance between LexisNexis Risk Solutions and eRx Network for its prescriber validation. The pharmacy chain will leverage LexisNexis VerifyRx to perform real-time prescription compliance checks within their existing workflows.