Alexandra Murphy

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Alexandra Murphy

From automating refill workflows to launching mobile apps, health system pharmacies are turning to digital innovation to help enhance patient care and improve operational efficiency. Below are responses from four pharmacy leaders who were asked: What is one success story of a digital innovation or initiative within your health system’s pharmacy that has had a positive impact? Angelica Berni, PharmD.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Alexandra Murphy

A federal judicial panel has blocked President Donald Trump from imposing steep tariffs on China and dozens of other U.S. trading partners, The New York Timesreported May 28. In a ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade, the judges found that President Trump had overstepped authority granted to him by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a law that does not explicitly allow for the imposition of tariffs and is typically used for trade embargoes and sanctions.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Alexandra Murphy

Moderna announced that HHS is withdrawing millions of dollars it had pledged to support the company’s efforts to develop a human avian flu vaccine. During the Biden administration, HHS announced plans to provide Moderna with $176 million last summer followed by another $590 million in January. With 70 human cases of avian flu reported last year, federal health officials had framed the investment as a key part of preparing for future pandemics.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Alexandra Murphy

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has partnered with Civica Rx in an effort to reduce the impact of drug shortages on patient care. The partnership will provide Avera Health with more stable access to essential generic sterile injectable medications, many of which are frequently in short supply across the U.S., according to a May 28 news release from the pharmaceutical company.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Alexandra Murphy

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is turning to artificial intelligence to help fix one of its long-standing problems: incomplete tracking of high-cost surgical supplies. The health system has rolled out AssistIQ, an AI-powered computer vision platform at North Shore University Hospital and the Dorothy & Alvin Schwartz Ambulatory Surgery Center in Manhasset, N.Y., according to a May 28 news release from the health system.