David Berkowitz, PharmD interviews the founder of EzrielRx, Ezriel Green. Ezriel is a brilliant innovator of the healthcare purchasing sector.   The EzrielRx mission is to revolutionize the process of buying pharmaceuticals. EzrielRx believes the way to drive the pharmaceutical industry forward is by leveraging the latest technology. They work hard to provide innovative tools on our platform so that independent pharmacies have access the best prices on pharmaceuticals. Founded in 2017,...

What is the Mission of TruePill? Listen in to this fascinating conversation with Dr. David Berkowitz & TruePill co-founder Sid Viswanathan.  Much of the tech stack connecting health care providers is antiquated and is in need of modernization. One of the companies helping to evolve the healthcare information highway is Truepill. Truepill got their start as the pharmacy fulfillment technology behind popular consumer brands like Hims/Hers and GoodRx. Since then, Truepill has expanded into...

In the future data science and artificial intelligence will be routinely used to give clinicians diagnostic recommendations; give scientists testable hypotheses they can confirm experimentally and offer them insights into safe and precise treatments; and give patients guidance on self-care, e.g., how to lead a healthy lifestyle and recognize disease early. Marinka Zitnik, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School. Before joining Harvard, Dr. Zitnik was a...

Todays FutureDose.tech guest is Allen Flynn, PhD & PharmD,  Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan.  It has been reported that 70% of pharmacists’ time is spent on non-cognitive activities such as medication distribution. As such, the industry recognizes that more automation is needed so that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can spend more time on patient focused activities that improve outcomes. Allen Flynn, PhD & PharmD, is one...

The future of healthcare is precision dosing of medications guided by biosensors and other patient specific factors. The future of community pharmacy may include experts in 3D printing of medications who are remotely monitoring populations and crafting precise doses. Alvaro Goyanes, is the Co-Founder and Director of Development for FabRx a medication 3D printing company. FabRx has created user friendly software, a knowledge base of excipients and a 3D printer, MediMaker, so that pharmacists...

Healthcare has many opportunities to better leverage technology. The chance to get involved in technology and healthcare is easier than you might think. Everyone can have, maybe everyone should have, a role in improving technology and healthcare. Hackathons offer one way in helping connect those with a passion for technology, healthcare, and love to "show not just tell" how healthcare can be better. The PittChallenge 2020 will be the fourth annual University of Pittsburgh’s School of...

One side effect of public scrutiny of rising drug prices has been greater visibility into the uniquely complex pharmaceutical supply chain. Previously little known distributors and middlemen now regularly receive attention, highlighting how the line between drugmaker and patient is rarely straight. There are billions of Pills and vials are routed to hospitals and pharmacies by wholesalers like McKesson and AmerisourceBergen but what tech is missing between wholesalers & automation tech...

Jing Wu, PharmD is the Geospatial Pharmacist  Jing Wu, PharmD, MPH Jing Wu graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017 with a dual degree Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health. She served as the APhA Foundation Executive Resident in Association Management & Leadership in Washington, D.C. In her role, she manages the Foundation awards, grants, and scholarship programs, among other projects across the enterprise. Wu places great value on patient and provider...

Special Guest FutureDose Host David Berkowitz PharmD David's guest is Daryl Schiller, PharmD, FASHP, BCPS-AQ ID. Daryl is a Pharmacy leader with experience in hospital and retail settings, ambulatory surgery consulting, education, and medical writing. He currently oversee clinical and operational activities as the Director of Pharmacy at Montefiore Nyack Hospital where medication safety is the top priority. Daryl helped establish a clinical practice model that integrates pharmacists into...

The original host of the Specialty Pharmacy Podcast and a frequent guest on the Pharmacy Podcast Network, Harry Travis joins Todd Eury on FutureDose.tech discussing how to "Future Proof Pharmacy".  Harry J. Travis is a senior healthcare executive with over 30 years’ experience in all aspects of pharmaceutical distribution channel management. This includes multibillion-dollar specialty and non-specialty pharmacy operations, health plan pharmacy benefit design and pharmaceutical wholesale...

Timothy Aungst, PharmD, the Digital Apothecary shares his views on "Why every tech company needs a pharmacist on staff."  Learn more about Tim here:  https://www.thedigitalapothecary.com/biography  This episode was sponsored by the California Pharmacist Association WPE 2020 https://cpha.com/cphaevents/wpe/ 

Timothy Aungst, PharmD host of FutureDose.tech talks about the recent focus on the issues plaguing digital health companies focused on medication adherence, which seem to come from the fact that adherence alone is not the problem, but optimization of therapy from data collected. Tim presents some of the trends I've seen and thoughts on what can be done to change these problems.

MEDICATION ADHERENCE IS NOT A $300 BILLION PROBLEM (Change my Mind) Medication adherence holds a soft spot for me, likely due to my professional background as a pharmacist. I cannot tell you how often medication adherence comes up daily when addressing patient care. Even in the home healthcare setting, we have multiple nurses that are dedicated to visiting and administering medications to patients (usually those with a psych history or SUD or related comorbidities that impede medication...

Digital Apothecary:  https://www.thedigitalapothecary.com/musings  It's increasingly becoming a digital world, and businesses are looking to turn healthcare into the next field to reap the benefits of rampant technological growth. After all, its a multi-billion dollar market, we have an aging population, and new therapies are coming to the field all the time. For me, keeping up with all of these developments has increasingly been a fund endeavor, but over the years I have found many people...

Articles of Interest Links: AdhereTech - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/adheretech-raises-growth-equity-round-scale-improve-smart-pill-bottle-based-adherence Pear Therapeutics reSET-O FDA Clearance - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/pears-digital-therapeutic-reset-o-fda-cleared-treat-opioid-use-disorder Beddit Apple Launch - https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/fcc-document-suggests-apple-may-launch-new-beddit-device POPS! Diabetes clearance -...

FutureDose host Dr. Timothy Aungst talks about Digital therapeutics as the new area in the Digital Health field creating evidence-based software for clinical treatment of diseases. The Digital Health Alliance has released an industry report on the current state of DTx https://www.dtxalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DTA-Report_DTx-Industry-Foundations.pdf Feel free to read my blog post on the topic and an introduction to digital therapeutics with more details that this podcast is based...

Timothy D. Aungst PharmD, delivers another FutureDose.Tech episode about the AMA Digital Health Playbook.  The American Medical Association (AMA) has not been silent compared to other medical organizations around its views on digital health. They...

Timothy Dy Aungst, PharmD, is an associate professor of pharmacy practice at MCPHS University. He graduated from Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at St. Luke's University Hospital, and then a Clinical Geriatric Fellowship at MCPHS University. He is passionate about the rise of technology in health care and its application to pharmacy. He has published primarily on the role of mobile technology and mHealth, and made multiple...

WHAT'S THE SNOWFLAKE ARCHITECTURAL DIFFERENCE?  Meghann Chilcott is the host of FutureDose.Tech and interviews Todd Crosslin, the VP of Healthcare Strategy at Snowflake Computing.  Snowflake’s unique data warehouse architecture...

Notes from Digital Apothecary on Apple Watch Series 4. The recent Apple event was pretty tame compared to past years, with three new iPhones and Watch announced. Overall, a lot of this news had been floating around for the past few days before the event, but one item that caught my attention was the integration of an EKG sensor into the Series 4 Apple Watch. Indeed, the event did highlight a bunch of new health features of the Apple Watch, including a bigger size and such, but two health...

Today, we live at a unique point in human history where data are becoming the new currencies. Beyond oil, dollars and social status, data are emerging as one of the most powerful and consequential currencies around the globe. Technology, computer...

KeyCentrix Pharmacy Technology Solutions presents an intriguing discussion with mobile tech start up innovator Miguel Johns, CEO of KingFit. A Mobile Technology Advancement in Diabetes Care Strategies, a new diabetes education...

Pharmacy owners must leverage their data more aggressively to impact their bottom line and stay in business. This is a three-part discussion on the importance of pharmacy business data in business today. "Big Data" is the trend but what does it really...

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