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January 31, 2010
CHPA to fight reverse-switch of PSE products in Mississippi with legislative line

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Saturday announced a legislative line for consumers to call...

January 31, 2010
E-health board taps Surescripts counsel

Electronic prescribing platform provider Surescripts said Monday that Paul Uhrig, the company’s general counsel, EVP...

January 28, 2010
Loose ends should be tied to make e-prescribing a reality

Relative to the national chains, independent pharmacies have limited resources and, given the importance and...

January 27, 2010
URAC gears up for Best Practices Awards

The nation's leading healthcare accreditation and education organization has issued a call for entries for...

January 24, 2010
NCPA: E-prescribing should be more efficient in two-way communication, cost

Providing grants to offset implementation and transaction fee costs and making two-way communication between prescribers...

January 18, 2010
HealthWarehouse.com, Atlantis Health Plan provide members with free 90-day supplies of generics

A licensed online pharmacy and a health insurer are collaborating to provide members with 90-day...

January 10, 2010
Growing e-Rx

Surescripts, the electronic prescribing company founded in 2001 by the National Association of Chain Drug...

January 10, 2010
Q&A: Growing e-Rx Harry Totonis, Surescripts president and CEO

Surescripts, the electronic prescribing company founded in 2001 by the National Association of Chain Drug...

January 5, 2010
Minnesota to crack down on prescription drug abuse

The state of Minnesota is joining 33 other states to track prescription drug abuse through...

January 4, 2010
MonoSol Rx, Strativa extend strategic relationship

A subsidiary of a generic drug maker has entered into a new licensing and development...

November 12, 2009
E-prescriptions hit 4 million mark at Walgreens in October

The United States has long been a laggard in healthcare information technology, but the country...

November 8, 2009
Report: PSE legislation proposal hits Jefferson County, Mo.

The ultimate impact in allowing local municipalities to regulate what’s prescription and what isn’t, will...

October 15, 2009
CVS Caremark undertakes multiyear study to improve patient medication adherence

Nonadherence to prescription medications is a big problem — a $200 billion-a-year problem for the...

October 8, 2009
NCPA releases new HIT report

The adoption of electronic health records, electronic prescribing and other health information technology isn’t just...

August 23, 2009
FDA investigates liver injury claims from weight-loss medication users

This agency pulls no punches. The merest blip of a post-marketing serious adverse event report,...

August 20, 2009
Special delivery: Walmart expands mail offering

Walmart isn’t letting the lack of a physical presence in select Midwestern and Northeastern markets...

April 23, 2009
Paperless prescribing hits milestone

Surescripts’ announcement that more than 100,000 physicians have jumped aboard the e-prescribing bandwagon is an...

March 19, 2009
Tampa Bay, Fla., doctors becomes paper free

Our industry received one more reminder of the leadership retail pharmacy has shown on health...

February 19, 2009
Missouri legislator proposes moving PSE Rx-only

Issue: How do you stop meth addicts from circumventing current pseudoephedrine purchase restrictions by buying...

February 19, 2009
SEMI helps Michigan doctors go paperless

Michigan has long been regarded as one of the nation’s most proactive states in the...

January 22, 2009
Rushing HIT legislation could increase healthcare costs

While Drug Store News has been, and continues to be, a staunch supporter for the...

October 19, 2008
Steal this column

Why not? I did. I stole every idea from Health and Human Services secretary Mike...

September 24, 2007
NACDS' Industry Profile finds that front-end sales contribute significantly to overall sales

With the release of its 2007 Chain Pharmacy Industry Profile, the National Association of Chain...

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