Smith & Nephew launches negative pressure wound care system
Feb 24, 2009
Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management division recently announced the U.S. launch of its new Renasys EZ negative pressure wound therapy system. The new product will enable clinicians to exercise...
McKesson’s Mobile Manager helps providers take stock
Jun 06, 2012
McKesson’s Mobile Manager helps providers take stock McKesson’s Mobile Manager alerts providers to drug shortages and offers substitutions and generics that are available. The hand-held ordering...
HealthMEDX unveils pharmacy exchange
Jun 05, 2013
HealthMEDX recently announced that its pharmacy exchange is now available.
FDA user fees legislation signed into law
Jul 11, 2012
President Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration user fees bill into law on Monday. The measure reauthorizes user fees paid by medical device and drug companies and creates new user fee programs...
Drug shortages take toll on providers, residents
Mar 29, 2011
Nine in 10 providers encountered prescription drug shortages in the second half of 2010, according to a survey by Premier Healthcare Alliance. Fully 80% of respondents indicated that the shortages caused...
Book offers nurses advice on genetic challenges
Feb 07, 2018
A new book focuses on genetics and genomic essentials for graduate-level nurses.
Drug sales flat in the U.S. last year, according to IMS
Mar 24, 2009
Domestic prescription drug sales grew 1.3% in 2008 to $291 billion amid increased use of generics, lower sales of new products and slackening consumer demand resulting from the economic downturn, according...
Omnicare shows second quarter profit
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 01, 2012
Omnicare Inc. turned a profit in the second quarter, according to a statement from the nursing home pharmacy giant. Omnicare earned $18.7 million, or 17 cents per share, for the three months ended June...
Drug shortage may last for a while
Nov 27, 2012
More than 100 medicines now appear on the government’s drug shortage list. Those most often in short supply include anesthetics and oncological drugs, according to the Food & Drug Administration....
Cue the rap: PDPM video says RIP to RUGs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2019
In a sign that this week’s changeover to the Patient-Driven Payment may be driving SNF leaders to the brink, Steve Shain, Chief Operating Officer of LTC Contracting, has made his rap debut. A music video...