The Age of Telemedicine
Medicine has come into the electronic age with telemedicine, which provides wider reaching care in an era when there is a projected doctor shortage.
Specialty Pharmacies and Delivery Models
Today’s evolving healthcare delivery models increasingly require organized, careful multidisciplinary approach that supports the use of specialty medications.
Reimbursement FAQs
There’s no doubt that complexity is the operational word for reimbursement, and this includes the rules and nuances that govern drugs and biologicals. Even though some healthcare practitioners’ sites may contract with an outside provider of billing services, it’s incumbent on the providers and their office staffs to know the background information on the requirements of what’s reimbursable.
Containing an Outbreak: An Epidemiologist at Work
A look at how an epidemiologist conducts an investigation into a measles outbreak shows just how complicated containing an outbreak can be.
Supply Chain Safety: Where Are We Now?
New legislation, increased education, and high-tech tracking aim to curb the proliferation of compromised and counterfeit products in the pipeline.
Reimbursement FAQs: Coding Systems and Other Updates
Complexity is the operational word for reimbursement, and this includes the rules and nuances that govern drugs and biologicals. Here is a summary of important 2014 issues.
Increasing the Role of Pharmacists in Patient Care
Allowing pharmacists to become more involved in patient care will reap benefits for patients and save healthcare dollars.
Medical Informatics
Improving healthcare at a reduced cost has long been a goal of the medical community. One way of accomplishing this is with medical informatics, or the use of vast quantities of data aggregated into usable searches, organized results and, in turn, improved procedures. In the coming years, medical informatics is anticipated to be a breakthrough […]
Superbugs: Reducing the Serious Threat of Hospital-Acquired Infections
Hospital-acquired infections remain a deadly threat, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with other healthcare agencies and professionals are working to lower the rates of HAIs with some degree of success.
The Growing Scourge of Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals
Counterfeits pose a threat for healthcare professionals worldwide. And, while technological advancements are being made to protect the drug supply, international regulation and politics stand in the way of fixing the problem in the foreseeable future.
