Comments on: Exhibit Hall ASHP #Midyear2009 http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/ Pharmacy Informatics and Technology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jerry Fahrni http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 Jerry Fahrni Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:13:02 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2470#comment-1039 Hi Opal, Thanks for the information and for the mention of the broken link. It should work now. Hi Opal,

Thanks for the information and for the mention of the broken link. It should work now.

]]> By: Opal Johnson http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 Opal Johnson Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:10:46 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2470#comment-1037 Jerry; I am glad to hear you found something of value at the ASHP Exhibition this year. Thanks for mentioning Pearson Medical Technologies, and specifically our bar code labeling software, m:Print. Most of our hospital customers use m:Print with our clearTag labels to bar code oral syringes and other hard to label/package products. Perhaps we will meet again at another ASHP event in the future. If you or any of your readers would like a demo, please contact me at sales@pearsonmedical.com or simply go to our website, pearsonmedical.com (btw: the link in your blog does not work.) Jerry;

I am glad to hear you found something of value at the ASHP Exhibition this year. Thanks for mentioning Pearson Medical Technologies, and specifically our bar code labeling software, m:Print. Most of our hospital customers use m:Print with our clearTag labels to bar code oral syringes and other hard to label/package products. Perhaps we will meet again at another ASHP event in the future. If you or any of your readers would like a demo, please contact me at sales@pearsonmedical.com or simply go to our website, pearsonmedical.com (btw: the link in your blog does not work.)

]]> By: Jerry Fahrni http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Jerry Fahrni Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:12:16 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2470#comment-1010 Deron - While I agree that MedBoard could provide benefits in certain situations, it's just isn't a good fit us. We are 95%+ Pyxis dispensing, run two IV batches per day and don't have a large volume of missing medication calls. I believe the benefit of such a system as MedBoard would be maximized when a majority of medications are being dispensed from the pharmacy, i.e. the "traditional way". In addition, remember that this a manual system which always makes results dependent on human factors. Some technology is cool as heck, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is always practical. I'm glad to hear that your are looking at a residency site with lots of cool technology. You're the future. If I can ever be of assistance, please feel free to contact me. Good luck. Deron –

While I agree that MedBoard could provide benefits in certain situations, it’s just isn’t a good fit us. We are 95%+ Pyxis dispensing, run two IV batches per day and don’t have a large volume of missing medication calls. I believe the benefit of such a system as MedBoard would be maximized when a majority of medications are being dispensed from the pharmacy, i.e. the “traditional way”. In addition, remember that this a manual system which always makes results dependent on human factors. Some technology is cool as heck, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is always practical.

I’m glad to hear that your are looking at a residency site with lots of cool technology. You’re the future. If I can ever be of assistance, please feel free to contact me. Good luck.

]]> By: Jerry Fahrni http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Jerry Fahrni Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:05:24 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2470#comment-1008 Midyear was great! It was the first opportunity I've had to attend and I think it was well worth it. I learned a lot and met some amazing people. Midyear was great! It was the first opportunity I’ve had to attend and I think it was well worth it. I learned a lot and met some amazing people.

]]> By: Charles Westergard http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 Charles Westergard Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:47:44 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2470#comment-1006 Jerry - thanks for the call outs on MedBoard, Simplifi797 and Sentri7! Hope the #midyear2009 is all you hoped. charles Jerry – thanks for the call outs on MedBoard, Simplifi797 and Sentri7! Hope the #midyear2009 is all you hoped.

charles

]]> By: Deron Lundy http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Deron Lundy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:20 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2470#comment-998 I've actually seen the MedBoard in use at a hospital, and my understanding is that it is a great help in that one actually doesn't have to scramble to find out precisely where meds are in the process. That's something very useful, I gather, when a nurse calls down asking for the medication now. And, as you noted in your "Cool Technology" post about it, the MedBoard can let other healthcare professionals, especially nurses, find out where their meds are. I don't recall if this hospital had implemented that feature yet, but I do know that, at least, it was something that they were looking at. It's a really neat system, and I was very impressed with it. As an aside, this hospital happens to be one of the beta test sites for McKesson's new unit dose robot, PROmanager-Rx. Since I have been looking at pharmacy admin residencies at Midyear (I'm a fourth-year PharmD student at Ohio State), I think that this is a site I should take a serious look at! I’ve actually seen the MedBoard in use at a hospital, and my understanding is that it is a great help in that one actually doesn’t have to scramble to find out precisely where meds are in the process. That’s something very useful, I gather, when a nurse calls down asking for the medication now. And, as you noted in your “Cool Technology” post about it, the MedBoard can let other healthcare professionals, especially nurses, find out where their meds are. I don’t recall if this hospital had implemented that feature yet, but I do know that, at least, it was something that they were looking at. It’s a really neat system, and I was very impressed with it.

As an aside, this hospital happens to be one of the beta test sites for McKesson’s new unit dose robot, PROmanager-Rx. Since I have been looking at pharmacy admin residencies at Midyear (I’m a fourth-year PharmD student at Ohio State), I think that this is a site I should take a serious look at!

]]> By: Tom K-W http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Tom K-W Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:25:07 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2470#comment-996 <a href="#comment-995" rel="nofollow">@Tom K-W </a> I have just realised my terible faux pas with your name - my apologies!! @Tom K-W
I have just realised my terible faux pas with your name – my apologies!!

]]> By: Tom K-W http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/12/exhibit-hall-ashp-midyear2009/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Tom K-W Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2470#comment-995 Hi Jeff, Glad to see that you are looking round the hall and you are correct about most of the exhibits!! Since you bought up the Theradoc and Sentri 7 systems I wanted to add a new player into the mix. ICNet and its antimicrobial stewardship module ABXALERT. We launched this at ASHP with our US partner bioMerieux. We fulfill the requirements that you have laid out for the other systems but we also can do it in a 'competively priced' model. There is plenty of information on our website but wanted to be sure that you were aware of us too. If you want any other information then please feel free to contact me. Hi Jeff,
Glad to see that you are looking round the hall and you are correct about most of the exhibits!! Since you bought up the Theradoc and Sentri 7 systems I wanted to add a new player into the mix. ICNet and its antimicrobial stewardship module ABXALERT. We launched this at ASHP with our US partner bioMerieux. We fulfill the requirements that you have laid out for the other systems but we also can do it in a ‘competively priced’ model. There is plenty of information on our website but wanted to be sure that you were aware of us too.
If you want any other information then please feel free to contact me.

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