Pharmacy News

Rx EDGE Announces Strategic Alliance with Pharmacy Choice
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Jan. 8, 2008 - Rx EDGE today announced that is has established an alliance with Pharmacy Choice, Inc. based in Denver, Colorado. The partnership leverages the combined strength of both organizations to bring pharmaceutical marketers new opportunities for reaching pharmacy professionals. Through the formation of this strategic alliance, Rx EDGE will add Pharmacy Choice advertising and communications programs to its portfolio of pharmaceutical marketing products.

National Jewish Medical and Research Center Launches Online Learning Portal
The Office of Professional Education at National Jewish Medical and Research Center is pleased to announce the launch of www.CMELogix.org, a portal for continuing medical education.

AMN Healthcare Service Acquires RX Pro Health and Pharmacy Choice
San Diego, California – March 21, 2007 - AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the nation’s largest healthcare staffing company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Rx Pro Health, Inc. and Pharmacy Choice, Inc. (“Rx Pro Health”), leading providers of pharmacy staffing, workforce technology solutions, and on-line educational services for hospital-based and retail pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies. The total cash consideration of up to $17.3 million consists of an initial purchase payment and potential additional earn-out payments through 2009. The company expects to finance the acquisition using cash on hand.

RxSchool Announces New Continuing Education Program at APhA 2007 in Support of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Denver, Colorado – March 15, 2007 - March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month and RxSchool (a division of Pharmacy Choice, Inc.) is proud to help increase the awareness of Colorectal Cancer through the education of its large on-line pharmacist community. “We are very excited to announce the release of a new on-line continuing education program, ‘Colorectal Cancer: Screening and Prevention’, for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physicians and nurses,” stated Ami Marsell, program manager for RxSchool. “This is an important cause and we would like to thank everyone involved for their commitment to this quality education program.”

RxCareerCenter Announces Nursing Job Source at HIMSS07
Denver, CO (February 22, 2007) – Pharmacy Choice and RxCareerCenter are proud to introduce their latest web portal, Nursing Job Source (http://www.nursingjobsource.com) at the HIMSS07 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) annual conference this weekend in New Orleans.

Influenza 2006: What Pharmacists Should Know
RxSchool is proud to announce the Featured CE lesson for the month of September, "Influenza 2006: What Pharmacists Should Know."

Pharmacy Spanish CE
¿Hola, como estas? What’s going on? Why is the title of this month’s featured CE program written in Spanish? ¿Disculpe, no habla español? According to the latest US Census Bureau statistics, Latinos now represent the largest minority group in the country. They presently constitute almost 14% of the total US population, with over 40 million people.

Facing Bioterrorism
It is a sobering reality that no one needs to remind us about the renewed use of force and violence to intimidate and achieve political and social objectives. To our dismay, terrorism has become part of our collective consciousness as the "modus operandi" of fanatics and misguided zealots worldwide.

Focus on Diabetes: American's Healthcare Nemesis
Most healthcare professionals are increasingly aware that we are currently in the middle of a mounting global diabetes epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by the year 2030 there will be over 366 million cases worldwide. The United States, with its increasingly overweight and obese population, is squarely in the middle of this emerging crisis. The data is mounting rapidly, as the facts below clearly indicate.

RxSchool and CPMG
RxSchool is pleased to announce the implementation of its Learning Management System into the Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG). RxSchool and CPMG have worked together to provide the physicians and staff of CPMG with a customized solution for their Continuing Education needs.

RxSchool Live Presentation at ECRM in Los Angeles on January 24th
RxSchool, in conjunction with ECRM, is proud to announce that the General Session at the ECRM Conference in Los Angeles, California on January 24th, 2006 will be broadcast live over the Internet via the RxSchool Live™ software system. The event, which is titled, "What Pharmacists Need to know about the Present State of the US Pharmaceutical Market," will take place at 12:15 pm (Pacific) and will be webcasted to select RxSchool users free of charge. complete...

RxSchool Launches New Live On-Line Education Software
RxSchool, a leader in on-line pharmacy education and learning management software, announced today that it has launched its new RxSchool Live™ on-line delivery software. RxSchool founders, Rich Barnhart and Steve Croke will unveil this new technology next week at the NACDS Pharmacy and Technology Conference in San Diego. complete...

Merger Provides Pharmacies with Better Staffing Solutions
RPhRecruiter, Inc. and RxTemp, Inc. are pleased to announce the merger of their two companies into one streamlined services corporation, Rx Pro Health, Inc. The merger of RPhRecruiter and RxTemp provides all pharmacy employers, regardless of size, with a full suite of staffing, consulting and employment services. Rx Pro Health now offers the proven temporary staffing solutions of RxTemp and the direct placement services of RPhRecruiter, assisting pharmacies with both their immediate and regular employment staffing needs. complete...
USA Today - August 23, 2005