Leah E. Perry is a healthcare writer based in the Atlanta area.
August 10, 2012
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As a flurry of blockbuster drugs lose their 20-year patent protection, the market is splitting wide open as drugmakers offer competing generic versions.
December 15, 2008
An Ohio hospital automates its pharmacy with an integrated medication management database.
January 14, 2008
Some believe it's not too late for community pharmacies to get into this field, which is growing by leaps and bounds.
February 05, 2007
An increasing number of community pharmacies are venturing into the specialty pharmacy arena. Despite what some industry experts describe as a fragmented marketplace, community pharmacy leaders say they are poised to take on and develop this segment of the industry and keep specialty drugs in their settings.
November 06, 2006
Recent years have seen dramatic growth in the specialty pharmacy market, a segment of the industry addressing the needs of patients with chronic illnesses such as cancer and HIV. Sales of specialty medications-though expensive, often injectable, and typically requiring more patient education-have trended upward at more than 25% annually for the past five years. Industry experts forecast annual increases of more than 30% through the rest of this decade, according to Armada Health Care, a specialty pharmacy group purchasing organization in Short Hills, N.J.
November 22, 2004
Because only some states now require hospitals to report their healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates, while others don't, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is considering helping states develop policies to obtain this information. Lending support to this initiative is consumer demand for the public disclosure of HAI data.