XiFin Celebrates National Pharmacist Day with Early Insights From 2025 Pharmacy Survey

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 9, 2025--

XiFin, a leading provider of innovative healthcare revenue cycle management solutions that deliver artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled operational efficiency, interoperability, and simplicity, today previewed findings from its 2025 Pharmacy Transformation Outlook Survey, which highlights the growing role of pharmacists and the increasing interest in achieving operational efficiency through new technology and expanding pharmacy offerings via value-based care and specialty pharmacy. Alongside the findings and in advance of National Pharmacist Day on January 12, XiFin announced its CareALERTS™ smart clinical messaging technology successfully drove additional vaccinations in 2024.

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Early Study Findings

As a recurring study, the XiFin 2025 Pharmacy Transformation Outlook Survey offers a forward-looking snapshot of how pharmacies are preparing for and adapting to a rapidly changing healthcare landscape. This year’s preliminary findings from over 350 respondents across the pharmacy sector revealed:

Survey respondents represented diverse pharmacy settings, with 12% from medium- to large-sized retail pharmacies, 27.3% from hospitals or ambulatory services, and 5% from specialty pharmacy. Of the survey respondents, nearly four in ten (38%) held senior titles at pharmacy service providers, holding positions from directors to C-level. For those interested in a deep dive into the results, mark your calendars for the February 12 thDSN Webinar, The2025 Pharmacy Transformation Outlook: Unlocking Insights to Drive Innovation and Growth.

“Pharmacies stand at a crossroads in 2025, with opportunities to enhance patient care by operationalizing services in value-based care, specialty pharmacy, office visits and chronic disease management,” said David Pope, Chief Pharmacy Officer at XiFin. “However, there is a growing recognition that capitalizing on these opportunities depends on adopting the right technologies to deliver the best patient care possible, while efficiently processing, billing, and securing reimbursement, ensuring these initiatives are both effective and sustainable.”

2024 CareALERTS Immunization Results: Pharmacies Making a Difference

XiFin is also proud to share the results from its 2024 CareALERTS immunization initiative, conducted in partnership with community pharmacies nationwide. The alert technology successfully helped increase companion immunizations by 18% among participating pharmacies, surpassing initial projections and highlighting the critical role pharmacists play in public health.

“As we celebrate National Pharmacist Day, it’s a perfect time to recognize the pivotal role pharmacists play in safeguarding public health and fostering equitable care,” said Lâle White, XiFin CEO. “The outstanding CareALERTS immunization results are a testament not only to the dedication and expertise of pharmacists, but also to the critical role technology plays in an evolving healthcare landscape. Looking ahead to 2025, we’re excited to expand the CareALERTS program, showcasing how innovations like this empower pharmacists to advance health equity and build healthier communities.”

CareALERTS leverages one of the pharmacy industry’s most extensive immunization databases, using proprietary data mining to deliver targeted, patient- and vaccine-specific alerts. This innovative approach enables pharmacists to seize immunization opportunities at the point of care. Notable outcomes include:

About XiFin

XiFin is a healthcare information technology company that empowers healthcare organizations to navigate an increasingly complex and evolving healthcare landscape. XiFin Pharmacy Solutions is a portfolio of software and services designed to help pharmacies achieve a stronger financial base and optimized and automated workflows. Through innovative AI-enabled technologies and services, we deliver operational efficiency, interoperability, and simplicity. The company’s revenue cycle management, clinical workflow enablement, laboratory information system, and patient engagement solutions enable organizations to achieve stronger finances, streamline operations, and develop industry-leading business strategies. XiFin solutions deliver THE POWER TO DO GOOD™ so that healthcare organizations can do more good for more patients. Visit www.XiFin.com, follow XiFin on LinkedIn, or subscribe to the XiFin blog to learn more.

XiFin Salutes Pharmacists' Critical Role in Community Health (Graphic: Business Wire)

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The claim appears in “Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power” by Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt, which is set to be published in March.

Isenstadt reports that about 30 minutes before the town hall was scheduled to begin in Iowa, “a senior Trump aide started getting text messages from a person on the inside at Fox...They were images of all the questions Trump would be asked and the planned follow-ups, down to the exact wording."

“While we do not have any evidence of this occurring, and Alex Isenstadt has conveniently refused to release the images for fact checking, we take these matters very seriously and plan to investigate should there prove to be a breach within the network," a Fox News spokesperson said.

Trump's team was divided about whether he should agree to the town hall with Fox News hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum and that Trump wasn't “taking prep for the telecast seriously. He'd basically be winging it.”

The book excerpts were first reported Wednesday by CNN.

The list of questions showed that the anchors planned to ask Trump if he would divest from his businesses if he won and whether he would be a risky Republican nominee because of his indictments, according to the book. Trump also would be pressed to “disavow political violence” and whether his White House “would be focused on retribution.”

Trump was not happy with the questions, Isenstadt reports, but the early peek at questions gave his team a chance to talk through answers.

Giving a presidential candidate an advance look at questions would represent a breach of journalism ethics. Networks hosting events like debates and town halls generally go to great lengths to limit access to their planned questions and prevent leaks.

Trump's communications director, Steven Cheung, did not address the allegation. Said Cheung: “President Trump was the most accessible and transparent candidate in American history, and it’s a big reason why he won in historic fashion."

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News Channel town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)