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  • Electrotherapy devices dominate shelves

    IRI recently began tracking sales of TENS devices as part of its first-aid accessories grouping. Many retailers have created a synergistic merchandising adjacency of TENS devices and external analgesic rubs, which is particularly relevant as Chattem’s Icy Hot brand is a leader across both categories.

  • New PBM SentinelRx launches
     
    DETROIT — New pharmacy benefit manager SentinelRx announced its launch on Tuesday, noting that it aims to create a custom pharmacy experience for customers through high transparency and personalized service. 
     
    The company said it uses web-based pharmacy benefit system MERLIN, which has 16 integrated modules that can aid in personalizing service for each client. It provides drug access through a network of more than 66,000 pharmacies in 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

  • MedM Health Cloud integrates Walgreens' Balance Rewards API
    DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreens on Wednesday announced that MedM Health Cloud has now integrated the Balance Rewards API. 
     
    MedM has built a healthy activity cloud platform, allowing users to track everything from step tracking to blood glucose/pressure monitoring. Walgreens is bringing in an integration that stores healthy activities from more than 200 connected devices. 
     

  • Jean Coutu adds Rx snap and send feature to app

  • Survey: These social networks most influence purchases

    BOSTON -- When it comes to buying products, consumers are particular about who and what they trust to get advice.

    According to a survey of nearly 14,000 adults conducted in early March by social retail technology provider Collective Bias, Facebook and YouTube are the most persuasive social channels for consumer purchases. About 19% of consumers find Facebook to influence their purchasing decision most, with YouTube coming in second at nearly 18%. YouTube is especially popular with men (23%) compared to women (14%).

  • HealthMine: Two-in-five tech-savvy patients have not heard of telemedicine
    DALLAS - A HealthMine survey of 500 insured consumers who use mobile/internet-connected health applications released Sunday found that 39% still have not heard of telemedicine. What's more, only one third of respondents say their health plan offers telehealth as an option. 
     
    However, 93% of those who have used telemedicine say it has lowered their healthcare costs.
     

  • Special DSN report examines pharmacy’s ‘impact’

    Drug Store News in March published the fifth edition of RxImpact, a special supplement to DSN, produced in support of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill. The special Rx-Impact report — inserted in headquarter copies of this issue of DSN and delivered to all current members of the U.S.

  • Innovation, BU WISE publish paper on Rx operations optimization
    JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Pharmacy intelligence and automation company Innovation announced Wednesday that a collaborative thesis paper by its Advanced Systems division and Binghamton University’s Watson Institute for Systems Excellence (BU WISE) had been published in Expert Systems With Applications, a leading journal on artificial intelligence. 
     
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