Telepharmacy is already having a significant impact on the delivery of care in the inpatient environment. It is being used to provide clinical expertise in isolated areas. It is freeing up on-site pharmacists to provide clinical services. And it’s providing coverage when volume does…
In today’s tough healthcare economy, many healthcare executives unfortunately view rural hospitals as obsolete because of the costs associated with remaining viable in the challenging healthcare environment. However, one in six Americans currently lives in a rural county, showing that these facilities are essential in
First Expansion Office Reaches Critical Mass with Full Development Team SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—June 13, 2016— PipelineRx, a leading medication management services and technology company focused on clinical telepharmacy, today announced that the Company’s presence in the Lower Downtown (LoDo) district has reached a critical mass
Clinical pharmacists are in high demand. The volume and complexity of drug therapy is expanding. Drug costs are rising. And leadership must ensure the safe use of medications. Meanwhile, clinical pharmacists are being recruited from patient care to other roles. These and other factors are…
Telepharmacies are providing new uses, and benefits, for health systems. In rural communities across the country, it’s often more difficult to find a pharmacist than it is to find a doctor. Now healthcare providers are using telemedicine platforms to create telepharmacy networks and bring the pharmacist into
A recent study published in The BMJ, formerly the British Medical Journal, estimates that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for over 251,000 fatalities in 2013, ten percent of the annual U.S. number. This would place medical errors…
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, needed to optimize its pharmacy workflow with the goal of improving patient care. It turned to PipelineRx for its cloud-based HIPAA–compliant telepharmacy platform, which would enable them to share pharmacy labor and pharmacy resources across their organization. After
Company’s First Independent Board Member Provides More Than 30 Years of Healthcare Expertise SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—May 10, 2016— PipelineRx, a leading medication management technology company focused on clinical telepharmacy, today announced the appointment of Gary Blackford to the board of directors. Mr. Blackford is the
As payment reforms continue to drive the healthcare market towards value-based care models, facilities must find ways to provide effective and quality care while still creating cost savings to maximize reimbursement. The use of telehealth services is only expected to expand in this shifting…
The topic of melanoma is of personal interest to me for a couple of reasons. First, as a telepharmacist, I want to discover how I can more effectively care for my patients on a day-to-day basis. Second, I have a history of skin cancer in my family, and I am interested in learning more about…
