Pharmacy

Rebates and fees received by PBMs account for 42% of every dollar spent on brand medicines in the commercial market, report says.

Improperly listing patents may harm competition from generic alternatives and keep prices artificially high, the FTC says.

The vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will be available later this week, CDC says.

The number of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States continues to rise.

Technology can help dampen the noise by adding lab values, comorbidities and risk scores to patient information to refine the alert, says Anna Dover, director of product management at FDB (formerly First Databank).

Pharma U offers 10 weeks of education, from how drugs are made to mentoring and coaching, says Naomi Fried, CEO and founder of digital health accelerator PharmStars.

When providers have conversations with patients and switch to lower-cost drugs, individuals are saving an average of $61 on prescriptions, says Dr. Andrew Mellin, CMIO at Surescripts.  

DrFirst's AI-driven medication algorithm can read the intent of the prescription renewal request, says CMO Dr. Colin Banas.  

Targeted medication alerts use genetic and EHR information to warn of treatment issues when it really matters, says Anna Dover, director of product management at First Databank.

An upcoming HIMSS23 panel will look at how machine learning can find discharge medication errors. Wendy Paul, medication process architect at Seattle Children's Hospital, and Kyle Longhurst, product manager at Pariveda, explain.