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Linked Immunization Information System, Claims Data Captured COVID-19 Vaccination Status Better Than Claims Data Alone

Pharmacy Times

Reporting vaccination data to Immunization Information Systems databases can support public health surveillance activities.

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Instagram Could Serve as Educational Platform for New FDA Drug Approvals

Drug Topics

An evaluative study on an open resource Instagram page that provides information on new medications to pharmacists was recently presented at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2023 Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition.

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All Pharmacies Are Not the Same: Community Pharmacy Quality

Pharmacy Times

Patients and other stakeholders need to be able to compare pharmacies based on standardized, transparent metrics with a measurement system to make informed decisions.

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Identifying and addressing health disparities: PhRMA's first chart pack on health equity

PhRMA

This chart pack contains information on health equity in three sections: (1) A Snapshot of Health Disparities in America, (2) Inequities in Access to Screenings and Medicines Allow Health Disparities to Persist, and (3) PhRMA’s Commitment to Building a More Equitable Health Care System for All.

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STAT+: UnitedHealth cyberattack cripples pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims

STAT

The cyberattack and subsequent system outage within UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare has caught the attention of federal law enforcement agencies. The company took down its Change Healthcare payment systems, which remain out. It would not disclose any other information and directed STAT to its update page.

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ViVE 2024: Health systems are making big bets on AI. Here's how

Fierce Healthcare

LOS ANGELES — AI took center stage at the ViVE 2024 conference this week and health systems across the country are deploying the tech to tackle issues from easing the drudgery of medical docum | AI took center stage at the ViVE 2024 conference this week and health systems across the country are deploying the tech to tackle issues from easing the drudgery (..)

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Marshfield Clinic Health System laying off hundreds of furloughed employees

Fierce Healthcare

Months after furloughing hundreds of its employees, Marshfield Clinic Health System has informed many of those workers that they will be terminated “in early May,” a spokesperson of the 11-hospital | Though more than five dozen of the employees furloughed in January have found new positions in the organization, hundreds of others will be eliminated (..)

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