September 3, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
cigarette purchases, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS Health Research Institute, CVS/pharmacy, Eileen Howard Boone, nicotine replacement therapy, smoking cessation, tobacco products, tobacco sales, Troy Brennan
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy’s removal of tobacco products from its stores is showing its impact a year later. A study by the CVS Health Research Institute revealed a reduction in cigarette purchases over the past year, CVS Health said Thursday. Evaluating cigarette pack purchases at drug, food, big-box, dollar, convenience and gas station retailers in the
August 27, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
clinical affiliations, CVS Health, CVS pharmacists, CVS/pharmacy, MinuteClinic, St. Luke's University Health Network, TriHealth, Troy Brennan
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has formed new clinical affiliations with St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa., and TriHealth in Cincinnati. CVS said Thursday that through these clinical collaborations, it will provide prescription and visit information to the health care organizations by enabling communication between their electronic health record (EHR) systems, enhancing patient
August 10, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, CVS Health Research Institute, Journal of the American Medical Association, management of high cholesterol, PCSK9 inhibitors, Praluent, Troy Brennan, William Shrank
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The cardiology community should review and reconsider current treatment guidelines for the management of high cholesterol, according to experts at the CVS Health Research Institute. In a commentary published online Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the CVS Health experts said that as PCSK9 inhibitors — a new
August 10, 2015 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health and IBM Corp. are partnering to provide patients suffering from chronic diseases with improved services for health care management. The agreement, which was announced July 30, will allow pharmacists and practitioners from CVS Health to benefit from the state-of-the-art computing capabilities of IBM’s premier supercomputer Watson in analyzing massive amounts
July 31, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has formed new clinical affiliations with Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Kansas and Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania. CVS said Thursday that through the clinical collaborations, it will provide prescription and visit information to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Lehigh Valley Health Network by enabling communication between their electronic health record
July 30, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
cognitive computing, CVS Health, IBM, IBM Watson, IBM Watson Health Cloud, Mike Rhodin, predictive analytics, Troy Brennan
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. and ARMONK, N.Y. — CVS Health and IBM are pooling their expertise in predictive analytics and leveraging the information technology giant’s Watson cognitive computing platform to improve care management for patients with chronic diseases. The companies said Thursday that the partnership will enable health care practitioners to quickly and easily gain insights from stores of
June 24, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
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Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has entered into clinical affiliations with Sutter Health in California, Millennium Physician Group in Florida, Bryan Health Connect in Nebraska and Mount Kisco Medical Group in New York. CVS said Wednesday that through the clinical collaborations it will provide prescription and visit information to the health care groups by enabling
April 13, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, EHR, electronic health record, National Record Locator Service, Surescripts, Tom Skelton, Troy Brennan
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ARLINGTON, Va. — CVS Health is among the supporters of the Surescripts National Record Locator Service, which the health information network announced it will implement with electronic health record (EHR) vendors eClinicalWorks, Epic, and Greenway Health. Surescripts said Monday that the deployment will allow more than 480,000 providers to use the technology to locate and
March 31, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has entered into clinical affiliations with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., and its Arizona Connected Care accountable care organization. CVS said Tuesday that through the clinical collaborations it will provide prescription and visit information to the health providers via the integration of
March 6, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
2015 Business Health Agenda, CVS Health, medication adherence, National Business Group on Health, Troy Brennan
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Troy Brennan, executive vice president and chief medical officer at CVS Health, delivered the closing keynote address at the 2015 Business Health Agenda conference held in Washington, D.C. by the National Business Group on Health. Speaking Friday morning, Brennan outlined ways that pharmacy care can play a key role in addressing health
September 3, 2014 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS/minuteclinic, CVS/pharmacy, CVS/specialty, Helena Foulkes, Larry Merlo, smoking cessation, tobacco sales, Troy Brennan
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark Corp. has changed its corporate name to CVS Health to reflect its broader commitment to health care. Also on Wednesday, CVS Health announced the end of tobacco sales at all CVS/pharmacy stores, nearly a month ahead of its initial target date of Oct. 1. In announcing the new corporate name