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  • McKesson showcases new central fill solution at ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting

    LAS VEGAS – McKesson's High Volume Solutions group on Friday announced the  launch of Central Fill as a Service (CFaaS), a McKesson-operated, centralized solution that allows pharmacies to use central fill without the investment in equipment, inventory or staffing (other than a pharmacist). Instead of the traditional central fill model that requires significant upfront investment, CFaaS is available to customers through a per-prescription fee that can dramatically reduce the pharmacy’s per-prescription cost to dispense.

  • QS/1 joins retailers, PBMs at MTM and Adherence Innovations Summit

    CHICAGO — Strategic Solutions Network’s fourth annual MTM and Medication Adherence Innovations Summit brought some 70 healthcare professionals and industry leaders together recently to discuss how best to improve patient adherence.
     
  • Omnicell to acquire Ateb

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In a move that will bring together two companies focused on medication adherence solutions, Omnicell announced Tuesday that it would be acquiring Ateb and its Canadian affiliate Ateb Canada. 
     
  • Ateb, IPO partner to bring pharmacies health management solutions

    RALEIGH, N.C. — Ateb and patient engagement and medication adherence solution company Improved Patient Outcomes on Monday announced a partnership that will work to improve medication adherence by offering patient health management solutions. The partnership brings together IPO’s Duke University evidence-based health management solutions with Ateb’s appointment-based model around which its Time My Meds medication synchronization solution is built. 
     
  • iMedicare, PioneerRx expand partnership

    NEW YORK and SHREVEPORT, La. — Community pharmacy Medicare platform iMedicare and pharmacy management software company PioneerRx announced Friday that they would be expanding their partnership. The expansion will bring pharmacies a notification system that identifies actionable Medicare patients within PioneerRx’s pharmacy management system.
     
  • Best of both worlds: ADA pairs its database to the computing power of IBM Watson Health

    What do you get when you pair the world’s largest database on diabetes metrics with a big data super computer that will mine, analyze and optimize that data?

    (To view the full Diabetes Report, click here.)

  • Mobile app helps patients, cos. increase adherence

    Diabetics are most adherent around meal times, especially during breakfast and toward the beginning of the week, according to a review of Medisafe’s more than 160,000 diabetes patients who utilize its adherence tool in an effort to better manage the condition.

    (To view the full Diabetes Report, click here.)

  • Apps help Type 2 patients self-manage disease

    Cardiff University in October found that smartphone apps could offer patients with Type 2 diabetes a highly effective method of self-managing their condition.

    (To view the full Diabetes Report, click here.)

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