Supply Chain
Leapfrog Group says 30 percent of hospitals fully meet the four criteria for bar code medication administration, though 74 percent meet the group's two CPOE criteria.
Leaders consistently included shortages and drug pricing among their top concerns in the survey over the last two years.
Hospitals, doctors' practices, government, insurers, and healthcare IT companies could all be affected, Kalorama says.
From sample of 1,202 adults, eight percent of respondents said they or someone in their household had imported a drug at some point.
New coalition, health plans, employers and legislators will want greater assurances that PBMs are controlling costs, Moody says.
Standard form EHR contracts can be a bit tricky to negotiate, according to Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
The first drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy could sell for $350,000 a year.
HHS says at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, with 23,000 dying as a result.
Rising concerns about spending on prescription drugs that treat rare diseases are not justified, according to a new analysis in the journal Health Affairs.
As of July 1, the FDA had 4,036 generic drug applications awaiting approval; median time it takes for the FDA to approve a generic is now 47 months.