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Pharmacy Technology

  • Health-tracking devices gain traction

    There’s no question that wearables are a health-tracking trend that will continue to gain traction. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ “Top health industry issues of 2016,” the more acclimated consumers get to their smartphones, the more they’re going to be looking to devices that will keep them on track toward better health.

  • Innovation, IMA North America announce partnership

    JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Innovation on Tuesday announced a new, non-exclusive partnership with IMA North America that’s aimed at bringing high-volume dispensing technology to central fill and mail order pharmacies. Under the partnership agreement, Innovation will be able to integrate its high-volume pharmacy systems with IMA’s Model 340-DRS EKC Automatic Pill Counter.

  • Retail shifts to influence and fulfillment

    In the next 10 years, the retail landscape will look and feel much different than it does today. “You’re going to be looking at a world that, instead of [retail] channels, there will be points of influence and methods of fulfillment,” Bryan Gildenberg, chief knowledge officer at Kantar Retail, said during a two-day drug channel workshop Kantar hosted in May. “Where can I influence shoppers irrespective of where the buying takes place, and how do I fulfill that in a way where I can still keep my operations efficient and make money?”

  • Tech cos. put adherence solutions front and center

    With medication nonadherence estimated to cost the U.S. healthcare system anywhere between $100 billion and $300 billion dollars, according to the National Institutes of Health, pharmacy technology companies are looking to create tools that pharmacists can implement to help patients be more adherent, saving the health system money and improving patient health in the process.

  • Updox launches Pharmacy Connect at Cardinal Health’s 26th annual Retail Business Conference

    DUBLIN, Ohio - Updox on Thursday introduced Pharmacy Connect, a care coordination suite for pharmacists, during Cardinal Health’s 26th annual Retail Business Conference. Pharmacy Connect offers retail and independent pharmacists an opportunity to enhance their ability to communicate and connect as the industry shifts to a value-based care model.

  • Former McKesson legal chief named chief compliance officer at Theranos

    PALO ALTO, Calif. — A former McKesson legal chief on Thursday was one of two executives to join Theranos, the lab-testing company that earlier this month was sanctioned by  the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the company announced.

    The two new executives will lead the company’s regulatory, quality and compliance efforts and will report to Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes.

  • Pharmacy automation market to hit $7.8B by 2018
    ALBANY, N.Y. — New research from Transparency Market Research is taking a look at the market size of the global pharmacy automation systems market, highlighting big growth ahead in the next several years. TMR projects that the market will hit $7.8 billion in 2018, up from the $4.7 billion that the market was valued at in 2011. And a big driver of growth comes from automated dispensing systems. 
     

  • FlavoRx founder Kramm dies
    Kenny Kramm with his daughter, Hadley
     
    WASHINGTON — Kenny Kramm, founder of FlavoRx, died in a hospital here on July 12 at 55 years old, according to the Washington Post. 
     
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