Alert Fatigue and Patient Risk: An Effective Drug Decision Support System Could Eliminate Both

Charles Rice’s work led to the development of antiviral cures of hepatitis C. Now his lab is turning to hepatitis B and a technique that uses pregenomic RNA.

This month’s episode of the "What's On Your Mind" podcast series features Eric Hunter, president and CEO of CareOregon. MHE Managing Editor Peter Wehrwein, Editor Briana Contreras and Hunter discuss Medicaid redetermination and merger of CareOregon and the California-based insurer, SCAN Group.

The antiviral has not been approved by FDA. Gilead Sciences received a complete response letter late last year.

This month's episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite features Erica Jain, CEO & co-founder of digital health company, Healthie. In this discussion, Jain shared some of the challenges or things to avoid when creating a digital health startup, based on her journey with starting Healthie in 2016. She also addressed some best practices and tools that can help those working toward a digital health startup.

Findings by Swedish team of investigators could help identify biomarkers that would predict the response to treatments.

The retail giant’s initiative to offer attractive pay in every market they operate reflects in the pay raise of all associates. The average salary for pharmacists is now more than $140,000, not including bonuses and incentives. After investments within the optician and vision department, it’s expected the average wage for opticians to be more than $22.50 an hour.