After four days of HIMSS (we were here for a full day on Sunday), even reporters (especially reporters?) get a little loopy. That’s when we start finding offbeat things to share and/or make fun of.
We may not remember everything in the regulations, but we’re fairly certain that playing Xbox games on a hospital COW (computer on wheels) does not qualify for Meaningful Use. But we could be wrong.
And now back to our regularly scheduled news coverage.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
