Rite Aid’s Health Dialog unveils personal health portal
Rite Aid Corp. plans to leverage a new personal health portal launched by Health Dialog, its population health management subsidiary.
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Boots UK teams with IBM, Apple on store app
The Boots UK drug chain, part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, worked with IBM and Apple to develop a mobile app to enhance the in-store shopping experience.
Shopko begins rollout of higi health stations
Shopko Stores Operating Co. plans to deploy higi health stations in 263 stores in 18 states. Chicago-based higi said Monday that the rollout is under way and is expected to be finished in October.
NABP: PMP network to remain free for states
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) plans to keep providing state prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) access to its PMP InterConnect at no cost.
Kinney Drugs partners with health information exchange
Kinney Drugs has teamed up with HealtheConnections to enable doctors and other health care providers to access and share patients’ prescription information.
London Drugs launches ‘Skin Checker’ clinics
London Drugs has begun providing personal skin cancer screenings at select locations.
Rite Aid buys HealthSpot telehealth assets
Rite Aid Corp. is purchasing the assets and intellectual property of bankrupt telehealth kiosk provider HealthSpot. A Rite Aid spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that the company won an auction this week for the HealthSpot assets with a $1.15 million bid.
Lovell Drugs to offer skin cancer scans
Skin cancer screening is coming to Lovell Drugs through an agreement with MedX Health Corp. and the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). Plans call for the 12-store Canadian drug chain to offer in-pharmacy scanning of skin moles and lesions at its locations in Oshawa and Whitby, Ontario.
Innovation launches RxCollect for high-volume pharmacies
Innovation has rolled out RxCollect robotic prescription collation technology for central-fill and mail-order pharmacies.
MinuteClinic unveils digital tool to quicken wait time
MinuteClinic, the retail clinic arm of CVS Health, has introduced a new tool to speed up the wait time for patients by allowing them to hold a place in line from their smartphones, computers or tablets.
CVS Pharmacy to offer digital-only receipt option
CVS Pharmacy president Helena Foulkes appeared on ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to announce that the drug chain is taking action on one of the talk show host’s pet peeves: long paper receipts at checkout.
QS/1 interfaces with Omnicell’s latest packing software
QS/1 has become the first pharmacy management software vendor to be able to interface with SureMed by Omnicell Guided Packing software.
Walgreens launches online mental health services
Walgreens has rolled out an online mental health platform that offers informational resources, screening tools, a therapist/psychiatrist locator, and live video chats with mental health professionals.
H.D. Smith moves up on list of tech innovators
H.D. Smith has made the 2016 InformationWeek Elite 100, a list of the top U.S. business technology innovators published by the IT journal InformationWeek. In this year’s ranking, H.D. Smith came in at No. 31, moving up from No. 99 a year ago.
IMS Health, Quintiles unveil merger deal
Health care and pharmaceutical information specialists IMS Health Holdings Inc. and Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. plan to merge. The companies said Tuesday that the deal is an all-stock merger of equals transaction, with the combined company to be named Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc.
Technology enables retailers to keep up with customers
Drug stores are an integral part of daily life for many consumers, who embrace them as a one-stop shop to pick up essentials, grab a snack and refill a prescription on the go. Even as the drug store channel has consolidated in recent years, these retailers have not been slack in coming up with ways