
Retina Risk is a new app that patients can use to help screen for their risk of retinopathy.

Timothy Dy Aungst, PharmD, is an associate professor of pharmacy practice at MCPHS University. He graduated from Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at St. Luke's University Hospital, and then a Clinical Geriatric Fellowship at MCPHS University. He is passionate about the rise of technology in health care and its application to pharmacy. He has published primarily on the role of mobile technology and mHealth, and made multiple national and international presentations on those topics. He blogs at TheDigitalApothecary.com, is a Co-Host of FurtureDose.tech a podcast part of the Pharmacy Podcast Network, and you can find him on Twitter @TDAungst.

Retina Risk is a new app that patients can use to help screen for their risk of retinopathy.

How voice assistants are becoming more important in health care.

With new products coming to the pharmacy market, such as smart devices and digital medicines, the profession will need to develop quickly to keep up pace.

Teva has just unveiled the world's first integrated smart inhaler to the market.

This list encompasses over 50 companies in the digital health space attempting to improve medication adherence, ranging from bioingestible sensors to smart pill bottles.


With Amazons purchase of PillPack, it leaves me wondering what other companies they may be considering in the pharmacy space.

Many patients are starting to record their doctors appointments, and some companies are looking to make this a smoother process.

Medication nonadherence in the United States reportedly costs the health care system $300 billion annually, but is this figure accurate?

What role do pharmacists play in medication optimization to help save money?

LifePlus has announced their product Lifeleaf, which is an noninvasive monitor for glucose, blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, and oxygen saturation. How can change the field of wearables?

Allergic reaction points up weak science behind some companies that offer dermatological solutions.

Locate a Locum is finding pharmacy professionals find open positions quickly.

It is not often that we see a well-designed study integrating data collected from digital health tools, and then used by clinicians to guide care, but in this study there are some applications to pharmacy.

Proteus Digital Health announced they have more than 30 drugs in their pipeline with sensors in them. What can pharmacists do to prepare for this?

Boehringer Ingelheim partnered with HealthPrize to deliver a platform that uses gamification, patient education, and tracking mechanics to help patients adherence with inhaler adherence, in a recent pilot study.

With sales down in the health devices category, this company is seeking to stand tall.

Popi recently released the results of a small pilot showing how their platform can help improve adherence for oral birth control.

A new division at Amazon spotlights how they are looking to turn their home health assistant into a health care tool.

A recent study looked at the benefits of digital health by tracking the use of SABAs to correlate hotspots of pollutants in the community. Using this data can lead to multiple policy changes for public health.

The agency recently said that it plans to be more proactive in this space, what the health care industry has been slow to adapt.

Multiple companies are looking into using smartphones to track patients taking their medications. Who is involved, and what may happen in the future?

A recent study highlights the decline in overdoses related to buprenorphine after the use of UDP, but should it be expanded?

The results of the company's recent research highlight nonadherence and bring to mind novel ways to address a national problem.

Many prescribers often do not know how much the drug they are prescribing costs, and new software may offer solutions to frustrations from pharmacists, and patients.

Artificial intelligence could take over medication dispensing in the next 50 years.

The recent World Health Innovation Forum investigated the use of artificial intelligence in the medical field. Here are some takeaways.

Upgrades to the insulin pen to improve disease management and prevent hypoglycemia due to overdoses are on the horizon.

A recent report about a person who stole a neighbor's medications in a suicide attempt provides food for thought.

New study results show that this type of blood pressure measurement is a better predictor of mortality than in-clinic assessments.

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