Patient Compliance

Regional independent grocer Hy-Vee, Inc. has teamed up with Omaha, Neb.-based Amber Pharmacy to offer specialty pharmacy services through Hy-Vee’s retail stores.

I am qualified to affirm with complete authority that worrying and motherhood go hand in hand. From the minute they start thinking about whether they want to have a baby until long past the birth, moms – and moms-to-be – fret about any number of things, ranging from their skills as a mother, to the health of their baby, to optimal dietary choices for both themselves and their babies.

Giant Eagle Inc., recently received a Cheers award from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) for its “superlative standard of excellence” in the prevention of medication errors and adverse drug events in its efforts to ensure high-quality customer service and accuracy.

Sanofi-aventis this month launched GoMeals, a new iPhone application designed to help people living with diabetes make healthy food choices.

You can add consumers’ understanding of “wellness” to the list of things that have been transformed by the bad economy of the past year.

Sanofi-aventis U.S. yesterday launched GoMeals, a new iPhone application, or app, designed to help people living with diabetes make healthy food choices.

In a bid to promote eye health awareness and encourage regular eye exams, 10 of The Kroger Co.’s metro Atlanta stores have begun offering free self-service vision assessments as part of an alliance with health care technology provider SoloHealth.

An interesting new product concept, which combines hand-washing practices and RFID technology, is being fielded to the restaurant and health care marketplace. The product may have an interesting application to the grocery industry’s growing foodservice divisions.