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Study questions what we consider an ‘adherent’ patient
MedicalXpress: “A study at Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH) in Elche shows that patients defined automatically as “adherent” by dint of collecting their prescriptions each month are not necessarily any better than their “non-adherent” peers at actually taking their medication…. The main … Continue reading
NFC packaging for medications
NFC is good for more than figuring out how much liquor you have. NFC World: “The two companies [Thinfilm and Jones Packaging] are collaborating to integrate Thinfilm’s NFC OpenSense technology into paperboard pharma packaging and establish key manufacturing processes for production on … Continue reading
Saturday morning coffee [August 22 2015]
“Don’t accept that others know you better than yourself. Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.” – James Allen The mug below comes from the University of Arizona in Tucson. … Continue reading
Saturday morning coffee [March 14 2015]
“There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.” – Goethe So much happens each and every week, and it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are some of the tabs that are … Continue reading
Inhaled Corticosteroid Adherence and Emergency Department Utilization Among Medicaid-enrolled Children with Asthma [article]
J Asthma. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print], Rust G, Zhang S, Reynolds J. Abstract Objectives: Asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease among children enrolled in Medicaid. This study measured real-world adherence and outcomes after an initial prescription … Continue reading
Ideas, Vision, Innovation: Fantasy vs. Reality
Simply put, I think you need an idea and a vision to be innovative. Sounds simple enough. I’ve read that good ideas are hard to come by, vision even harder and innovation rare. I don’t buy it. I believe innovation … Continue reading
Great response to “Why pharmacy continues to fail”
The Cynical Pharmacist (TCP) dropped by my site and left a great comment in response to my Why pharmacy continues to fail. I don’t know who TCP is, but I hope to meet him in person some day. I get … Continue reading
Quick hit: Confusion over industry terminology
I had an interesting conversation with a colleague earlier today. We were talking about a feature set for a new product that we have due out later this year. Some of the language being used to describe a certain feature, … Continue reading
Quick Hit: The decision to be indecisive
Have you ever had something on your plate that just won’t go away because someone is “thinking about it” or trying to “justify it”? Sure you have. I know I have. I always wonder what the person is thinking about … Continue reading
Is robotic surgery cost-effective? Depends on who you ask.
I thought this was very interesting. Dueling robots? This is where pharmacy is with robotics. We should conduct a little research into their cost-effectiveness versus accuracy and speed. Know what I mean? The articles below come from Current Opinion in … Continue reading