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March 2008 Archives

The Ebb and Flow of Health Info. Technology's Momentum

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The discussion of health information technology continues to be encouraging. A new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Healthcare Poll shows increasing consumer interest in the power of electronic health records to improve healthcare.  Among the poll participants, a majority believed...

NACDS Foundation, APhA Release Medication Therapy Management 2.0

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If your focus is health policy, and your concerns including improving patient outcomes in a cost-effective way, then new "required reading" has hit the street.  At the American Pharmacists Association meeting (APhA 2008) this weekend, the National Association of Chain...

New York Times "Gets" Role of Pharmacies in Healthcare System

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If you are wondering about some of the strategies that can help improve healthcare quality, access and affordability in the nation, an editorial in Sunday's edition of The New York Times is worth a read.  The truth is that dispensing...

Pharmacies are "Ad"dressing Healthcare Issues

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I've posted about the National Association of Chain Drug Stores' Washington, D.C. ad campaign with the theme:  "Pharmacies.  The face of neighborhood healthcare."  Today, we're releasing even more substance that backs up the messages of the campaign, and calls for...

E-prescribing: Where's Your State?

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Remember that Super Bowl ad with James Carville and Bill Frist?  Some might say Sen. John Kerry and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich could have been cast in the roles, given their visible roles within their respective parties.  Those...