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Considering medication packaging and dispensing during Covid-19

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And according to the Pharmacy Times , Covid-19 has made a problematic situation much worse. Some pharmacy experts express concern about the pandemic’s side effects of isolation, job loss/loss income, medication costs, missed or unavailable doctor’s appointments, or issues with package delivery. Learn more at HeroHealth.

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Technology Can Help Make Medication Management Smarter

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Next, medication dispensing pre-packaged containers can help with complex regimens. Then there is MedMinder , an automated dispensing box that can be preloaded by the pharmacy. category tags: medication management. For some individuals, a plastic 7-day pill container provides enough structure.

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Pendent medical alerts evolve – and will disappear

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They then persisted with a Medication dispensing device that has been eclipsed by others, including pharmacy-connected MedMinder and Amazon-owned Pillpack. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection. Mobile and medications matter.

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Should Physicians Give Their Cell Phone Number to Patients?

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I shouldn’t be dispensing advice in that circumstance. If I’m dispensing an odd compounded medication that I know is problematic to fill, I don’t want my on-call associate to have to try to sort out what I wanted while the family waits at the pharmacy. And if I did, you shouldn’t want it. I’m in Tazmania.

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HIStalk Interviews Kevin MacDonald, CEO, Kit Check

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The potential benefit in labor savings and medication tray dispensing accuracy is obvious, but how would a hospital pharmacy use your system to manage a drug recall or manufacturer shortage? How does your Bluesight for Controlled Substances improve on software provided by drug dispensing cabinet vendors? Something is recalled.

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