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Pharmaceuticals

Azar taps former CVS executive to help lower drug prices | The Hill

Daniel Best will serve as the senior advisor for drug pricing reform in HHS. Best comes to the position from CVS, where he was vice president of industry relations for the company's Medicare Part D business.

Healthcare M&A off to a fast start in the first quarter | Health Data Management

Healthcare transactions announced so far this year are already worth about $156 billion. Those include Takeda's potential Shire acquisition, valued at $45 billion, and Glaxosmithkline's purchase of Novartis' consumer-health venture stake for $13 billion.

Safety, quality and clinical practice

You've detailed your last wishes, but doctors may not see them | The New York Times

Patients' wishes for end-of-life care are sometimes not recorded at all or stored in various hard-to-find places in electronic health records.

Information technology

Two months after pilot, Apple launches personal Health Record program to boost patient engagement | Medcity News

With the latest iOS update, Apple is officially launching its health records aggregation tool in the Health app. Almost 40 health systems now allow patients to download their records onto their iPhones.

In other news

New York allowed a sexual predator to practice medicine for decades | The Village Voice

Nasim Haider racked up many allegations against him of sexual misconduct, but he was still allowed to practice medicine in New York. It took almost 15 years for the state to revoke his license.