NDC Exhibition 2019: Power of Partnership brought over 980 attendees to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 7 – 9. Over the course of the two-and-a-half-day event, attendees had the opportunity to learn from some of the nation’s top speakers and network with strategic partners, all while enjoying Music City. Attendance was at … [Read more...]
Nothing But the Truth
Health system believes science – and data – can beat marketing Health systems operate in a competitive environment. They want to provide the best patient care with the most advanced technologies, but they want to do so cost-effectively. That means they want to use technologies with proven effectiveness, that is, with real-world evidence behind them. But it can be a … [Read more...]
Innovation in Healthcare
Amazon's Alexa launches 6 HIPAA-compliant services Amazon announced HIPAA-compliant software for its Alexa voice assistant that allows healthcare organizations to transmit and receive patients' protected health information. Six new Alexa healthcare skills from industry-leading healthcare providers, payors, pharmacy benefit managers, and digital health coaching companies are … [Read more...]
Henry Schein Medical
‘Extra mile’ is meeting theme Henry Schein Medical hosted its 21st annual National Sales Meeting – “The Extra Mile” – this spring in Aurora, Colorado. The meeting brought together more than 1,350 attendees from Henry Schein and supplier partners. Henry Schein Chairman and CEO Stanley M. Bergman, Henry Schein Medical President Brad Connett and other company leaders … [Read more...]
Enhancing Access to Care
Henry Schein Medical and Henry Schein Cares Foundation partner with Children's Health Fund to help enhance access to care for underprivileged Henry Schein Medical, the U.S. medical business of Henry Schein, Inc., and Henry Schein Cares Foundation, Inc. (HSCF) announced a multi-year partnership with Children's Health Fund (CHF) to support the nonprofit organization's … [Read more...]
Healthy Reps
Bedtime stories Do parents and children engage with print books differently than electronic-based books? Short answer: Yes. A study, “Differences in Parent-Toddler Interactions with Electronic versus Print Books,” appearing in the April 2019 issue of Pediatrics, studied how 37 parent-toddler pairs interacted using three book formats: print books, basic electronic books on … [Read more...]
Protecting the Channel
The Grey market: Financial issue. Patient safety issue. By April 2018, BD was so concerned about the potential patient-safety impact from product diversion and the grey market that the company put into place a full-time Channel Protection Team to identify and address grey market activity. The effort has paid off, as the amount of diverted BD product has declined. “The … [Read more...]