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- Pharmacist pushback against insurer drugs-by-mail plan
- You've got some good points, but...from where I'm sitting the problem is a whole lot bigger than you make it out to be.Thanks for bringing this topic up.Yes, there is a great deal of truth that "drugs-by-mail" operations supported by health insurance plans do hit the smaller pharmacies. However...
- Tags: Insurance, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, pharmacist, pharmacy, MEDCO, Kerr, insurance company, CVS Corp., health care
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Microsoft's Bing invaded by pharmaceutical scammers
- Rogue online pharmacies have found a way to exploit Bing's advertising program. According to a recently released report by KnujOn and LegitScript, 90% of the Bing sponsored pharmacy ads were rogue ones, shipping counterfeit prescription drugs, with the bogus companies participating part of larger affiliate networks like...
- Tags: Advertisement, Pharmacy, Microsoft Corp., Scammer, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- MiniRX 3.3 (Mobile)
- Track your medical information and set a reminder for your prescriptions. Records patient/user names and medication, Rx numbers, refills, costs, quantities, dose, doctors, pharmacies, generics, and notes. Includes two free utilities. The first allows you to transfer data to/from your PC. The second lets you print/view reports from your PC...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Mobile, Pharmacy, Palm OS, PDAs, Operating Systems, Software, Handhelds, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-06-03
- Hand Guide 1.0 (Mobile)
- With this program you can create any kind of guide. Create guides to restaurants, pharmacies, services etc. The Guide to imagine you can create.
- Tags: Mobile, Pharmacy, HANDCASE, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-04-15
- Health IT excitement bleeds into wireless show
- Health IT excitement bleeds into wireless showLet them blow their R&D fundsI believe that the highest volume of patient data being sent to doctors or hospitals will be "consumer" based with data being sent/downloaded to a PC or Mac in the home.There are simply too many devices, like glucose monitors,...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Desktops, health care, computer, Health IT excitement, wireless show, patient, Health IT, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- Intel and GE put $25 million per year each into monitors
- Intel and GE put $25 million per year each into monitorsWhy use a wired network when you can use a secure wireless network?Plus you can pick the devices up and move them anywhere there is power. I will assume some dont even require that.. so they could feasibly put...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, wireless, General Electric Co., Intel Corp., monitor
- Discussion threads 2009-04-02
- Risks and potential in the polypill
- Risks and potential in the polypillBeen there, done thatFortunately there are a lot of drugs that have, or soon will, become generic and available at Wal-Mart or the like for $4 for 30 days - or $10 for 90 days.I'm in the group that believe a lot of problems are...
- Tags: OSA, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- Not all the statin news is good
- Not all the statin news is goodStatin danger is seriousStatins are dangerous, and frequently prescribed without proper followup nor attention to side effects. I'm one of the victims.According to my internist who is also head of internal medicine at a major medical school, the actual rate of serious side...
- Tags: Statins
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- Gross conclusions come from gross statistics
- Gross conclusions come from gross statisticsLet's try this on for "size".Mechanics who use only metric tools are better than mechanics who don't because the metric mechanic's cars last longer than the non-metric mechanics cars.Chicken is better than red meat? Maybe if the chicken is organically grown by a farmer...
- Tags: Test Strip, diabetes, A1C, Type 2 diabete
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- Is RealAge a scam?
- Is RealAge a scam?And at times people want the bestThey saw the ad and ask for that. The idea of a generic for them is that it's just not good enough. Sort of a reverse placebo.When I get samples from my doctors office they are always brand names....
- Tags: Branding, RealAge, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-03-27
- A broken heart can kill
- A broken heart can killAnd the hidden problemI have obstructive sleep apnea OSA which is often initially mis-diagnosed as depression. Other problems of undiagnosed OSA would be hypertension, stroke, diabetes & reflux.Quick checks?Night time refluxa1c hemoglobin - a very accurate blood test for diabetesSnoringA neck side > 16" for...
- Tags: obstructive sleep apnea
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Quick Pharmacy 3.0 (Mobile)
- Quick Pharmacy quickly locks in your Gps coordinates and then opens up iPhone Maps with the pharmacies closest to you. Version 3.0 fixed network alert bug. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue the download process. You must have iTunes...
- Tags: Mobile, Pharmacy, Apple iTunes, GP Apps, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-02-02
- atPharma 2.3 (Windows)
- dbLink atPharma is a specialized accounting and inventory package developed to manage the entire transactions done in a pharmacy, supports several unique and powerful features. Multiple depot management, detailed expiry reports of medicines helps the user to manage the pharmacy efficiently. The inventory controls, built in databases billing system are...
- Tags: Pharmacy, Microsoft Windows, Billing System, Database Link, dbLink atPharma, Sales Channel, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Storage, Databases, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-01-27
- Independent Pharmacies Expand and "Right-Size" by Saving Steps, Earning New Income
- When two partners built a chain of four pharmacies near Kansas City, Missouri, time demands rose as fast as square footage. The largest store offered 10,000 SKUs to 900 customers a day. But every pharmacy's albatross - accurately invoicing insurance companies and reconciling piecemeal payments - took up to 20...
- Tags: Billing, Pharmacy, Income, Microsoft Corp., Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- Inside an affiliate spam program for pharmaceuticals
- Bargaining with your health doesn't just mean you're heading for a shorter life expectancy, but also, increases the chances that you will either get scammed in the process, or have to pay more in the long-term while dealing with the health issues arising from using expired pharmaceutical with unverifiable origins,...
- Tags: Program, Pharmaceutical Company, Pharmacy, Affiliates, Wire Cost, MarkMonitor, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Hurricane Ike and some class acts
- Although the Citrix analyst bash was interesting, informative and a wonderful opportunity to re-connect with old friends both at Citrix and in the analyst community at large, getting back to my office became quite a challenge. Continental Airlines, in preparation for Hurricane Ike, canceled our flights and did little to...
- Tags: Analyst, Citrix Systems Inc., Pharmacy, Compay, Public Relations, C/C++, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-14
- National Pharmacies Enhances Community Health With Improved Information Management Infrastructure
- Founded in 1911, National Pharmacies operates a network of pharmacies spanning South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. National Pharmacies realised that archaic, siloed data management practices could not meet the demands of a fast-growing organisation. Human error caused inaccuracies that compromised National Pharmacies' ability to obtain a clear picture...
- Tags: Information Management, Pharmacy, Health Care, De-duplication, EMC Corp., Data Management, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-05-13
- Ceska lekarna Achieves a Permanent Increase in Profitability With Key Performance Indicators
- Ceska lekarna wanted to enable central management of business activities with detailed sales analysis of the data that was previously stored in local database and manage inventory mix and levels. The challenge was to standardize product masters to facilitate sales analysis across all pharmacies and provide detailed information on costs...
- Tags: Budgeting, Pharmacy, KPI, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- All pharmacies will soon be clinics
- The obvious success of in-store clinics at CVS and Wal-Mart has created a stampede to launch nurse-run sites in pharmacies nationwide. (Picture from Dr. Toni Brayer's EverythingHealth blog.) And the stakes are rising fast, with doctors now heading to a strip mall near you. ...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Pharmacy, Health Care, CVS Corp., Rite-Aid, Wal-Mart Clinics, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Pharmaceutical Distributor Improves Point-of-Sale Health With New Windows Server Platform
- Symbion Health Ltd is a leading provider of healthcare services based in Melbourne, Australia. Its Symbion Pharmacy Services division distributes pharmaceutical and over-the-counter products to 1,300 pharmacies and hospitals. The division also supplies services to Symbion Pharmacy Services' retail pharmacy chains Terry White Chemists and Chemmart. In 2007, the organization...
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Microsoft Windows Server, Pharmacy, Symbion Pharmacy Services, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-02-01
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