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CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor: First half of holiday season shines for retail

Drug Store News

Health and personal care stores were up 1.6% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 9.15% year over year unadjusted, per CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor.

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Barts Health NHS Trust launches app for cognitively impaired

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An app to support people with cognitive disabilities, developed with clinicians at Barts Health NHS Trust, has started to be made available more widely to patients. A key application is to help patients manage the transition between services, such as moving from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to adult services.

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Revolutionizing Medicine and Public Health: The Emergence of Big Data in Healthcare

Roots Analysis

Big Data in healthcare refers to the vast amount of data that is continuously expanding and cannot be efficiently stored or processed using traditional tools. Types of Big Data in Healthcare Structured Data: Structured data is quantitative data in the form of numbers and values that can be processed, stored, and retrieved in a fixed format.

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7 Holiday IVR Tips for Navigating the Year-End Rush at Your Pharmacy

Digital Pharmacist

1) Update & Communicate Your Store Hours First things first – you will want to make sure to adjust store hours on your pharmacy’s IVR dashboard so patients are informed you are closed when they call in on a holiday. 5) Personalize Your Holiday IVR Greetings Who says IVR messages have to sound like robots?

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The hospital pharmacy landscape in 2024

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Benefits are evident both in dispensing (for example, to count pills, label prescription vials, store drugs and integrate bar coding through automated dispensing cabinets, automated inventory management systems and pharmacy carousels) and in preparation (by automated workflow systems and compounding robotics for intravenous drugs).

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What Your Pharmacy Can Do for National Nutrition Month

Digital Pharmacist

Springtime, March specifically, is an excellent time of year for you to start conversations with your patients about the various foods they’re eating and how they can enhance their diets to improve their overall health. The celebration was focused on the importance of choosing the right foods and starting a consistent exercise regimen.

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Toni R. Hofhine, President of ATCOR Medical (CardieX) Shares Insights from Pulse- a New at-home Heart Health Monitor

PharmaShots

The device is used for remote patient monitoring, home health, and clinical trials She also elaborated about the data used for the pre-marketing submission with FDA. A unique feature to the Pulse is the device display, as it can be customized to show information personalized to each user based on health parameters and disease conditions.