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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 Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2008-02-01
RxPop.com Toolbar (exe): Price comparison shop on over 13,000 drugs. Compare up-to-date drug prices being offered by over 50 of the Internet's largest and most reputable pharmacies. Save up to 85% or more when conducting your business with one of RxPop's partner pharmacies, which are all licensed in their governing country, including the...; Tags: Partnership, Pharmacy, Business Structures, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-12-13
Cadena Farmacenter S.A. Centralizes Its Information in a Robust, Highly Available Database: The pharmacy chain Cadena Farmacenter S.A. was founded in 1983, when its owners opened the first pharmacy in the city of Asuncion. Cadena Farmacenter S.A. wanted to centralize information in a robust, high-availability database for timely analysis of critical information, and for better decision making by the board of directors...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Pharmacy, Oracle Database, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software, Data Management, Hardware; Case studies 2007-12-01

18 charged in case over illegal online pharmacy: 18 charged in case over illegal online pharmacygood for themcant wait to see all them go down in flamesSo the Government is Protecting Medical Profession's monopoly?Is there no end to the control that the government will allow the medical profession to hold over our very throats?In Mexico, Africa and Europe,...; Tags: online pharmacy, pharmacy, Online Pharmacy; Discussion threads 2007-08-05
Mini RX (zip): 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: Phone, Pharmacy, Palm OS, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-07-24
Buy too much Sudafed and you may get a visit from a cop: If you have a runny nose and run to the store to purchase a decongestant, don't be too surprised if a detective shows up at your door shortly thereafter. Ever since a federal law went into effect that regulates pseudoephedrine, tracking systems have begun to pop up in local pharmacies,...; Tags: Law enforcement; Blog posts 2007-07-19
Electronic pharmacies get national push: Electronic pharmacies get national pushSad!Paper Scrips should be in the Smithsonian. MD's should be required to transmit scrips to your pharmacy over a secure link. And with video conferencing coming to a PC near you, who needs a kiosk? BTW consider this a publish of a patentable...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, prescription drug, pharmacy; Discussion threads 2005-08-26
17% mln Americans visited online pharmacies, 61% did not tell their doctors about it: More than 17 mln online Americans visited online pharmacy sites in Q4 2004, according to comScore Networks. 45% of those who visited pharmacy sites said they did so to comparison shop. 61% of buyers hadn't informed their regular doctor about online purchases. 66% agreed with the statement that online pharmacies...; Tags: pharmacy; Blog posts 2005-04-20
17% mln Americans visited online pharmacies, 61% did not tell their doctors about it: More than 17 mln online Americans visited online pharmacy sites in Q4 2004, according to comScore Networks. 45% of those who visited pharmacy sites said they did so to comparison shop. 61% of buyers hadn't informed their regular doctor about online purchases. 66% agreed with the statement that online pharmacies...; Tags: pharmacy; Blog posts 2005-04-20
4% of Americans buy drugs online: Only 4% of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs - and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies - despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, Pew Internet and American Life Project finds. 62% believe...; Tags: pharmacy, Americans; Blog posts 2004-10-10
Free Online Pharmacy eBook (exe): Download this Free Online Pharmacy eBook now and avoid unreliable pharmacies. Save up to 90% on all your prescription medications. Internet guide to legal online pharmacy sources. Drug health for pain and weight loss diet medication. Sources include a medical doctor for free online consultation. Free distribution resell rights included....; Tags: Pharmacy, Medication, E-books, Internet, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Web Technology, Benefits, Healthcare, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; Software downloads 2004-01-15
Net-Rx/SonicWALL Solution Helps Pharmacies Increase Productivity, Reduce Transaction Time and Demonstrate HIPAA Compliance: Pharmacies run transaction-based operations. On a daily basis, they receive patient data to fill prescriptions, handle insurance claims and process credit card payments. They depend on having secure, reliable Internet access to keep their business up and running. Now, with HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, they must also...; Tags: Patient, SonicWall, Pharmacy, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Case studies
FLENI Optimizes Medical Process and Reduces Access Time to Patient Data: The Foundation for the Fight Against Childhood Neurological Diseases FLENI is a public organization dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, assistance and research of diseases in children, teenagers and adults. The organization wanted to effectively manage the Centers' critical financial, administrative and patient data and deploy systems to optimize the management...; Tags: Patient, Microsoft Access, Pharmacy, FLENI; Case studies
Nhi Trung Pharmacy Harnesses Intel Technologies to Improve Business Efficiency: First established in 1986, Nhi Trung Pharmacy is a drug retail store that specializes in purchasing drugs from pharmaceutical companies for retail. The company wanted to be a pharmacy where people can find quality medicine with good advice from a good pharmacist at reasonable prices. And to do so, Nhi...; Tags: Pharmacy, Intel Corp., Retail, Sales Strategy, Productivity, Sales; Case studies

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One pharmacy hub to rule them all: One pharmacy hub to rule them allI like what surescripts does.. but have some issues with themThey charge both the physician and the pharmacist for the script. Truthfully the pharmacist should have the cost.The other issue is that if you own your own pharmacy and want to use surescripts,...; Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, pharmacy hub; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
One pharmacy hub to rule them all: The resulting site, which seems set to use the Surescriptsrxhub.com domain, would deliver a single network for processing nearly all the e-prescriptions in the U.S. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: CIGNA Corp., Payment, Consolidation, Industry, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Industry, SureScripts, Operational Accounting, Insurance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-01
"IT is boring," scoff students: "IT is boring," scoff studentsIT is like any other career.Some of it is interesting and some of it is boring. There is also a misconception that once you have a degree in computer science you are automatically the cats meow. That is, IT graduates don't believe they need to pay...; Tags: Professional development, Outsourcing, IT IS; Discussion threads 2008-06-28