Healthcare

Pharmacy Data Needs More Integration, Less Segmentation

Anyone who has worked in healthcare for more than a few years will readily acknowledge that traditionally, it's not an industry that changes quickly. As a function of the services we provide, change is often adopted very methodically, often gradually. There are two major areas in which this has been evident: one is in pharmacy supply chain; the other is in connecting pharmacy sales data to the front of the store.

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Inmar Expands Pharma Returns Capabilities In Canada

Inmar, the leading pharmaceutical returns provider in North America, today announced the company's move to a larger facility in the Greater Toronto area, increasing the company's capability for processing returns for manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers across Canada.

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Do-It-Yourself Healthcare is Becoming a Revolutionary Reality

The words "do-it-yourself healthcare" may sound a bit strange. I'm a big proponent of the technology and patient empowerment behind the movement, and it even sounds a little awkward to me when I say it that way.

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Who really benefits from health industry consolidation?

Look at the massive healthcare mergers in the hopper this year. With the industry evolving at light speed, we're seeing an unprecedented scramble to compete, add capabilities and resources and lower costs, all at the same time. These huge healthcare players are combining with equally large competitors to get a broader product base, reduce research and development costs and manage diminishing returns as profit-generating, patented products go generic.

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Inmar Digital Health Challenge Coverage on Triad Today

David Mounts discusses the important work in healthcare innovation highlighted during the Inmar Digital Health Challenge.

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Planting the Seeds of Innovation

I find few things more rewarding than those moments in which I sense that I am in the presence of someone or something truly special - in the midst of smart people who are committed passionately to a noble cause. As leaders, we have more opportunity than most to foster and support an environment in which the best ideas rise to the top.

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Med adherence: The power of a conversation and a good tool

Healthcare providers can talk to patients about the right things to do for their health, but they can't make them do it. But we in the technology sector have a unique opportunity to make the connection.

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Navigating the regulatory seas should be easier than it is

The hazardous-waste regulatory landscape in retail these days is about as easy to understand as the tax code. The rules are evolving at all levels — it can seem impossible to navigate regulations that can vary between the federal and state levels, and even at the county level in some states. If you're a retailer operating in more than one state, or even regionally where counties have their own versions, you know these headaches.

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David Mounts discusses the Inmar Digital Health Challenge on Triad Today

Inmar Chairman and CEO David Mounts discusses the Inmar Digital Health Challenge, and is joined by Dan Barbara, Executive Director for Forsyth Futures, to discuss the important role the organization plays in the community. http://inmar.wistia.com/medias/rh2y0t5lpb?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640  

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