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Citing concerns about patient safety risks, the state's medical licensing board asks the Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy to suspend its automated prescription pilot with health AI developer Doctronic. 

Also, the University of Queensland is testing aphasia therapy via telehealth.

Inventory carrying costs alone have been reduced by more than $10 million, says a pharmacy IT exec, who touts the ROI of combined analytics technologies.

The accepted providers have agreed to receive payments tied to the results-based Medicare payment model, which allows healthcare organizations to use digital health tools and integrated services to treat chronic conditions.

Archbold Medical Center has also achieved a reduction in restocking resources: After making changes informed by drug velocity and cost data, there was a 20% drop in technician labor associated with moving inventory to the cabinet.

The NUH Innovation Hub serves as an incubator and a sandbox for medtech and AI startups.

And that's just with some medications. "When you can see exactly what you have and where it is, you stop purchasing just in case and you start using existing stock more effectively," explains the health system's VP of pharmacy ops.

Also, participating vendors have passed conformance with Australia's electronic national residential medication chart.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers offer robust patient services programs – with nurse navigators, mobile apps, in-home testing and more – to improve medication adherence. But too many programs still use outdated analytics platforms to parse data.

Hospital and health system CIOs should map current prescription workflows in detail and prioritize interoperability with clear governance frameworks, advises Joseph Kleiman, president of Rx tech company Buzz Health.