Pharmacy Voices
Pharmacy Voices is content ComputerTalk‘s content from contributors from around the pharmacy technology market.
The 20 Top Stories from ComputerTalk 2015, Nos. 6-10
Year in Review: The Most Popular Content Items from ComputerTalk Magazine and computertalk.com
We're running down the 20 most read items from 2015 over the next four days.
6. Long-Term Care Pharmacy: The Forces Driving Its Evolution
Market and regulatory forces are driving a transition...
Medication Complexity and Patient-Centered Labels
The New York Times' Health section recently posted an article about research on how patients deal with complex medication regimens, which it turns out are not at all easy for the vast majority to manage effectively.
One recommendation...
The 20 Top Stories from ComputerTalk 2015, nos. 11-15
Year in Review: The Most Popular Content Items from ComputerTalk Magazine and computertalk.com
We're running down the 20 most read items from 2015 over the next four days.
11. Managing Inventory: The Challenges
Insights into what pharmacies are doing to overcome the...
The 20 Top Stories from ComputerTalk 2015
Year in Review: The Most Popular Content Items from ComputerTalk Magazine and computertalk.com
We're running down the 20 most read items from 2015 over the next four days.
16. Building The Team, Leveling The Field
How AmerisourceBergen introduced a new offering for...
Tips to Mitigate Threats and Improve Cyber Security
An article from MSP Consulting's Steve Beene explains how to maintain both customer service and a secure payment environment in the face of increasing challenges.
"The holidays also bring the need for merchants to adhere to customer demands and create...
A Growing Pharmacy’s Software Needs
An Interview with Hi-School Pharmacy’s Gina Garrison
Hi-School Pharmacy, which has been a long-time presence in the Pacific Northwest, has recently been expanding its footprint after a time of consolidation in the early 2000s. As part of the new growth...
How Effective Are mHealth Apps?
A report from Duke University found that weight loss apps weren't much more effective than other methods.
More via Kaiser Health News: "Although mHealth solutions offer broad dissemination and scalability, the CITY results sound a cautionary note concerning intervention delivery...
New Tools – Old Focus
I received a nice note from one of ComputerTalk’s readers regarding my comments about how face-to-face conversations are so important to patient care. They are what generate the positive emotional responses that are so important. Some thoughts about what has happened and how things look now.
Fall Brings Several IT and MTM Developments
This fall a number of IT and medication therapy management (MTM) developments have been released. ONC released its final 10-year nationwide interoperability roadmap to advance the safe and secure exchange of electronic health data. HHS released the final rule changes to the Stage 1 and Stage 2 meaningful use EHR incentive program and Stage 3 requirements. And CMS announced an Enhanced Medication Therapy Management model test for Medicare Part D programs.
How the Last 10 Years of Tech Can Help Prepare You Today
Ten years ago, RadioShack was celebrating its 84th year of being in business and was thought of by many as the “go to” place to see new technology. Even though they partnered with Sprint, they couldn’t command enough interest in this world today, where smartphones are the mainstream focus. Didn’t they know that the wearable technology and the Internet of Things was where everything was heading? Didn’t they know that Amazon was going to supply nearly every component of their inventory and ship it quickly without charging sales tax?