OrderInsite aids Publix with hurricane action plan
Preparing for a hurricane begins well before watches and warnings are issued. In fact, many are reviewing their plans now as the new hurricane season started on June 1.
Technology
Walmart: Stores the next frontier for retail media
Walmart has grown its retail media business, Walmart Connect, by offering advertisers the ability to reach consumers when they are searching for products on the retailer’s website as well as via thousands of digital televisions and point-of-purchase screens in its physical stores.
Cardinal Health launches commerce solutions for retail independent pharmacies
Cardinal Health launched modern payment solutions, powered by Square, to help independent pharmacies increase operational efficiency, stay current with customer payment preferences, and access integrated software tools for their business.
Elixir announces next version of Laker Software technology platform
Elixir, a pharmacy benefit management company owned by Rite Aid, has announced details of the next release of its Laker Software technology platform. The upcoming enhancements include new automated workflows, a customer service tool and modernization of the user interface.
Walmart adds high-tech Market Fulfillment Center
Walmart opened a high-tech market fulfillment center at a store here Monday in support of its strategy of leveraging physical stores to fulfill online orders. The new facility, which opened in Store 100 at 406 S Walton Blvd. in Bentonville, Ark.
McKesson unveils Pinpoint Community Solutions Inventory Management System
McKesson announced the launch of Pinpoint Community Solutions, an intelligent perpetual inventory management system powered by Supplylogix.
AWS unveils Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced on Friday Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized, a new configuration for Amazon Aurora that offers improved price performance and predictable pricing for customers with input/output (I/O)-intensive applications.
NIQ launches ‘Connected Collaboration’ with Rite Aid
CHICAGO – Nielsen IQ (NIQ) announced Thurday the launch of its Connected Collaboration platform, powered by Rite Aid data assets and NIQ’s leading data science and software.
AmerisourceBergen announces telehealth partnership with SteadyMD
AmerisourceBergen (AB) has announced a strategic partnership with SteadyMD, a B2B telehealth infrastructure provider that powers high-quality telehealth patient experiences for leaders and innovators in health care.
SES-imagotag announces latest-generation VUSION platform roll-out contract in Walmart stores
One year after the agreement of their strategic partnership, SES-imagotag announced that they entered into a new agreement with Walmart to initiate the deployment of the latest-generation VUSION platform within several hundred Walmart U.S. stores.
Outcomes provides new answers to staff shortages
Two-thirds of pharmacy owners are struggling to fill open staffing positions, according to a January report from the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Retail modernization must address three basics
By some estimates, retail has undergone more transformation in the last three years than in the previous 50 combined.
Digitally forward platforms clear script to patient path
With the rising pharmacy spend driven by expensive novel therapies, the path from physician prescribing to the patient starting therapy has become increasingly complex and opaque.
It’s vital to automate billing, revenue management
The future of the pharmacy profession is at a tipping point. The wake of the pandemic produced waves of opportunities and challenges that will change pharmacy practice for better or worse. Americans spent more time in pharmacies over the last two years than ever before.
Amazon unveils Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange
Amazon announced Thursday the Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an industry collaboration designed to make it safer to shop online and more difficult for counterfeiters to move among different stores to attempt to sell their counterfeit goods.
RedSail Technologies announces integration between Axys and American HealthTech
SPARTANBURG, N.C. – RedSail Technologies, LLC, developer of Axys, is proud to announce the launch of its integration with American HealthTech, a leading electronic health record (EHR) provider to post‐acute and senior living organizations of all sizes.