The US Justice Department today secured a settlement agreement with Meijer Inc. under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA addresses barriers preventing people with disabilities from booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments online. The settlement…
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Omnicell Acquires MarkeTouch Media
The $82 million acquisition expands Omnicell footprint across key pharmacy segments. Omnicell, Inc., a leading provider of medication management solutions and adherence tools for health systems and pharmacies, announced that it has acquired pharmacy software…
Vaccine Appointments in high demand, straining systems in US and Canada
The Omicron variant has once again created a focus on vaccination appointment scheduling systems. The rush for shots is reminiscent of the problems seen a year ago when states and localities were struggling to make…
Lessons from VA appointment scheduling system rollout
The Department of Veterans Affairs is standardizing its appointment scheduling system by rolling out a new solution based on Cerner. Schedulers like many aspects of the Cerner system, including its “user-friendly interface and ease of…
Deep-Dive into the VAMS vaccine sign-up system in South Carolina
Most articles covering vaccine roll-out appointment scheduling solutions have been surface level. They’ve mostly focused on high visibility failures of appointment scheduling systems at a regional or local level, but without truly exploring why failures…
VA’s appointment scheduling system getting replaced—we hope!
The Department of Veterans Affairs appears to finally be standardizing its appointment scheduling software, after multiple scandals including the 2014 episode that led to the resignation of former Secretary Eric Shinseki, who took responsibility for…
