Tag Archives: AutoPack

Automated unit-dose packagers for acute care pharmacy

Posted on August 22, 2010 by

I was doing a little Sunday morning reading and came across an interesting set of slides at the Pharmacy Purchasing & Products (PPP) website  (registration required to access the slides). I haven’t spent much time reading PPP Magazine, but I … Continue reading →

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Cool Technology for Pharmacy – AutoPharm

Posted on April 8, 2010 by

Our facility utilizes several software and hardware products from Talyst to manage our pharmacy inventory and support our goal of bar coding 100% of the pharmacy inventory. The entire system consists of the Talyst AutoCarousel system for automated carousel storage, … Continue reading →

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Cool Technology for Pharmacy

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

This week’s Cool Technology for Pharmacy is the OnDemand 400 for RxMap from MTS, a company that specializes in adherence packaging systems. According to the MTS website: OnDemand ® 400 for RxMap ® is the first pharmacy automation equipment system … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on speech recognition in pharmacy

Posted on September 16, 2009 by

I still work in the pharmacy on occasion. It keeps me up to date with changes that I’ve made to various pharmacy systems and gives me the opportunity to make sure my pharmacist skills haven’t evaporated. One thing it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Poor economy equals fewer pharmacy IT projects

Posted on July 16, 2009 by

Healthcare IT News: “The economy is forcing hospitals to consider delaying or scaling back their IT projects, according to a survey of America’s “most wired” hospitals and health systems.The Most Wired Survey, conducted annually by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, … Continue reading →

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Cool Technology for Pharmacy

Posted on June 25, 2009 by

I’ve decided to do something a little bit different this week. Below is a presentation I had to give following the completion of our pharmacy remodel and the implementation of our pharmacy barcode system. More images of the implementation can … Continue reading →

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Visit to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

During my recent trip back east I had the opportunity to drop in on the inpatient pharmacy at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago. The reason for the visit was simple. I was already in Chicago for the ASHP Summer … Continue reading →

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Thinking about a better Automated Dispensing Unit (ADU)

Posted on June 2, 2009 by

Automated Dispensing Units (ADUs), also referred to as Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs), are nothing new to hospital pharmacy. Over 80% of hospital pharmacies use ADUs. The most common is a product from Cardinal called Pyxis MedStation. Others include Omnicell SinglePointe, McKessen … Continue reading →

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Well, I asked for it. Comments and suggestions from previous posts.

Posted on May 27, 2009 by

If you float something out over the internet, someone is going to see it and keep you honest. Remember what I said, “There is always someone smarter, harder working, more motivated and better informed than me, and those are the … Continue reading →

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Even the best things can be improved.

Posted on May 18, 2009 by

I had the opportunity to speak with a nice young lady from Talyst this morning about extending our barcoding system to our pharmacy satellites. She had great insight into what we wanted to do and offered some very helpful tips. … Continue reading →

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