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CVS has relaunched CVS.com with tools it says make it easier for consumers to manage their prescriptions online. The new site lets users view and print their prescription history, order refills directly from their prescription history, choose or change a pickup location, receive refill reminders, request a prescription renewal, be alerted to generic alternatives, and transfer prescriptions from another pharmacy.
CVS.com also gives parents the option to manage their children's prescriptions online.
Future functionality of CVS.com will allow integration with Personal Health Records through Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault. CVS/pharmacy says it hopes the new tools increase the number of on-time medication refills and help promote cost-saving generic alternatives.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
RelayHealth and Microsoft HealthVault
July 24, 2008
The RelayHealth division of McKesson Corp. will offer its patient-physician connectivity software through Microsoft Corp.’s HealthVault consumer health platform.
RelayHealth’s software enables patients to communicate electronically with providers and payers for such functions as scheduling requests, test results, prescription refill requests, paying bills and online patient-physician consultations.
Through the partnership with Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, physicians also will be able to access Atlanta-based RelayHealth’s electronic prescribing service, according to the vendors. Patients will be able to share their personal health records with their physicians using the connectivity software."
The RelayHealth division of McKesson Corp. will offer its patient-physician connectivity software through Microsoft Corp.’s HealthVault consumer health platform.
RelayHealth’s software enables patients to communicate electronically with providers and payers for such functions as scheduling requests, test results, prescription refill requests, paying bills and online patient-physician consultations.
Through the partnership with Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, physicians also will be able to access Atlanta-based RelayHealth’s electronic prescribing service, according to the vendors. Patients will be able to share their personal health records with their physicians using the connectivity software."
Thursday, July 24, 2008
checkMD Enables Healthcare Reform Through New Social Networking Platform
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2008--
Finding quality healthcare just became easier today with the introduction of checkMD, the first inclusive healthcare social network and healthcare reform website dedicated to fixing our nation’s broken healthcare system. Built on the concept that personal accountability leads to better health, checkMD enables consumers, healthcare professionals and companies the ability to make the best healthcare decisions possible.
checkMD offers physician and hospital research and ratings, the ability to find and share information on medical issues, forums to create and participate in healthcare communities, and information on the current political and policy debates on healthcare issues throughout the country. Through sharing information and experiences, checkMD enables everyone to take an active role in improving their own and other’s healthcare, as well as using the Internet to help organically reform the healthcare system.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Wolters Kluwer Health Launches Mobile Clin-eguide
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2008--
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for health care professionals and students, and Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions and mobile information resources for health care, announced today that Mobile Clin-eguide, a version of its online clinical decision support tool powered by the Unbound™ Platform, is now available to IP-authenticated Clin-eguide subscribers for “on the go” and point of care use on Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and iPhone devices.
The Unbound™ Platform from Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions and mobile information resources for health care, is a powerful knowledge management platform that supports end-to-end digital publishing activities from content creation through multi-platform electronic delivery. For publishers, the Unbound Platform facilitates streamlined creation of modular content via distributed author networks. For users, the Unbound Platform delivers content where and when it is needed—to personal digital assistants (PDAs), the Web, or wireless devices.
Clin-eguide provides accurate, evidence-based information for health care providers in the clinical setting. It integrates trusted content from Wolters Kluwer brands like Ovid, Facts & Comparisons®, and Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, as well as other premier publishers.
Through Mobile Clin-eguide, users of Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Blackberry and iPhone now have even faster, easier access to a wealth of clinical decision support resources.
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Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for health care professionals and students, and Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions and mobile information resources for health care, announced today that Mobile Clin-eguide, a version of its online clinical decision support tool powered by the Unbound™ Platform, is now available to IP-authenticated Clin-eguide subscribers for “on the go” and point of care use on Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and iPhone devices.
The Unbound™ Platform from Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions and mobile information resources for health care, is a powerful knowledge management platform that supports end-to-end digital publishing activities from content creation through multi-platform electronic delivery. For publishers, the Unbound Platform facilitates streamlined creation of modular content via distributed author networks. For users, the Unbound Platform delivers content where and when it is needed—to personal digital assistants (PDAs), the Web, or wireless devices.
Clin-eguide provides accurate, evidence-based information for health care providers in the clinical setting. It integrates trusted content from Wolters Kluwer brands like Ovid, Facts & Comparisons®, and Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, as well as other premier publishers.
Through Mobile Clin-eguide, users of Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Blackberry and iPhone now have even faster, easier access to a wealth of clinical decision support resources.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
DestinationRx Launches Drug Trends Today Blog
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2008--
DestinationRx today announced the launch of its new blog site, www.drugtrendstoday.com, which will serve as a vehicle for sharing data and trends related to the prescription drug industry. As a leader in drug comparison and purchasing technology, DestinationRx is in a unique position to provide readers with valuable and relevant information on the ever-changing drug market.
Drug Trends Today will feature recurring data “snapshots” illustrating drug and pricing trends in graph or chart format. These regular features will be refreshed on a weekly rotation and include Top Ten Searched Drugs with the DestinationRx price comparison tool; Drug Class of the Month, which will compare pricing among multiple brand and generic drugs in a single class; the DRx Challenge, which takes one drug and illustrates multiple avenues for cost savings; and an ongoing Drug Price Tracking feature that will compare pricing, and changes in pricing, for the most popular hypertension medications over the long term.
In addition, DestinationRx will provide regular expert commentary on industry news and trends, covering topics ranging from drug pricing, transparency and the retail pharmacy market to Medicare and health plan selection and management.
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DestinationRx today announced the launch of its new blog site, www.drugtrendstoday.com, which will serve as a vehicle for sharing data and trends related to the prescription drug industry. As a leader in drug comparison and purchasing technology, DestinationRx is in a unique position to provide readers with valuable and relevant information on the ever-changing drug market.
Drug Trends Today will feature recurring data “snapshots” illustrating drug and pricing trends in graph or chart format. These regular features will be refreshed on a weekly rotation and include Top Ten Searched Drugs with the DestinationRx price comparison tool; Drug Class of the Month, which will compare pricing among multiple brand and generic drugs in a single class; the DRx Challenge, which takes one drug and illustrates multiple avenues for cost savings; and an ongoing Drug Price Tracking feature that will compare pricing, and changes in pricing, for the most popular hypertension medications over the long term.
In addition, DestinationRx will provide regular expert commentary on industry news and trends, covering topics ranging from drug pricing, transparency and the retail pharmacy market to Medicare and health plan selection and management.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Nebraska Launches Electronic Health Information Exchange
From http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/
(7/10/2008)
The Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII), a statewide healthcare collaborative, has selected Axolotl Corp. of San Jose, Calif., as its technology partner to deploy a Health Information Exchange (HIE) designed to improve healthcare quality across Nebraska.
During the pilot phase, Axolotl says its Elysium Exchange suite will connect several Omaha hospitals, clinics, physician offices, radiology centers, reference labs and pharmacies. Once the pilot is complete, the HIE will be rolled out to healthcare entities across the state, it says.
The nonprofit NeHII is a collaboration of Nebraska health care organizations, hospitals, physicians, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska.
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(7/10/2008)
The Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII), a statewide healthcare collaborative, has selected Axolotl Corp. of San Jose, Calif., as its technology partner to deploy a Health Information Exchange (HIE) designed to improve healthcare quality across Nebraska.
During the pilot phase, Axolotl says its Elysium Exchange suite will connect several Omaha hospitals, clinics, physician offices, radiology centers, reference labs and pharmacies. Once the pilot is complete, the HIE will be rolled out to healthcare entities across the state, it says.
The nonprofit NeHII is a collaboration of Nebraska health care organizations, hospitals, physicians, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska.
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Vermont IT Leaders Select EMR Products
From http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/(7/10/2008)
The Vermont Information Technology Leaders Inc., (VITL), which is conducting a $1 million pilot project designed to equip independent primary care clinicians with EHR systems, has selected three EHR products.
The five physician practices participating in the pilot project have chosen Chicago-based Allscripts’ HealthMatics, Allscripts’ TouchWorks, and UK-based GE Healthcare’s Centricity EMR to provide them with EHR solutions, says VITL. HealthMatics and Centricity are each being used by two pilot sites, while TouchWorks is being used by one site, touts the company.
According to Montpelier, Vt.-based VITL, it is a non‐profit public‐private partnership that is facilitating the adoption of electronic health records and building a statewide health information exchange.
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The Vermont Information Technology Leaders Inc., (VITL), which is conducting a $1 million pilot project designed to equip independent primary care clinicians with EHR systems, has selected three EHR products.
The five physician practices participating in the pilot project have chosen Chicago-based Allscripts’ HealthMatics, Allscripts’ TouchWorks, and UK-based GE Healthcare’s Centricity EMR to provide them with EHR solutions, says VITL. HealthMatics and Centricity are each being used by two pilot sites, while TouchWorks is being used by one site, touts the company.
According to Montpelier, Vt.-based VITL, it is a non‐profit public‐private partnership that is facilitating the adoption of electronic health records and building a statewide health information exchange.
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