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Pharmacy
There are 13 startups from PharmaStars' cohort on digital innovation for women's health and health equity, and the accelerators' next cohort, Digital Innovations in Therapeutic Delivery. Naomi Fried, CEO and founder of PharmStars, offers a deep dive.
The company is bringing medication price transparency to the provider at the point of care, says its CMIO, Dr. Andrew Mellin, who explains how that can offer patients big savings on their prescriptions.
DrFirst has developed an AI-powered tool to streamline medication refill and renewal requests, meant to boost patient safety by flagging transcription mistakes. Dr. Colin Banas, the company's chief medical officer, explains.
Targeted alerts for specific drugs can help clinicians make the right treatment decisions for their patients, says Anna Dover, director of product management at First Databank, who discusses those and other automation innovations.
Real-world data is key to driving effective response to emerging health threats, says Dr. Monique Mansoura, executive director of global health security and biotechnology at MITRE, who will lead a discussion on the topic at HIMSS23.
A sneak preview into a HIMSS23 panel on using machine learning to find discharge medication errors, featuring Kyle Longhurst, product manager at Pariveda, and Wendy Paul, medication process architect at Seattle Children's Hospital.
PharmStars' spring 2023 cohort will focus on women's health and health equity for underserved populations, says CEO Naomi Fried, who put forth a call for applications to digital health companies worldwide.
Ensuring medication history data, prescription fill insights and other information is scaled to specific populations can lead to better patient outcomes, says Dr. Colin Banas, chief medical officer at health IT company DrFirst.
Technology, clinicians and pharmacies all have key roles to play in dealing with the social determinants of health, say Iris Frye and Nicholas Christiano Jr., co-chairs of Health Equity Policy Task Force under the HIMSS Public Policy Committee.
The FDB Vela electronic prescribing network will improve contracting and access for pharmacies and clinicians, and provide patients with more control over their prescriptions, says Bob Katter, president of First Databank.
