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Is BD Pyxis Logistics inventory management any good?

By Jerry Fahrni on April 28, 2019

Full disclosure, anyone reading this should take it with a grain of salt. I used to work for Talyst as a product manager for their acute care product line, and I’ve recently been involved with a Pyxis Logistics implementation. With that said, forward. In short, yes, BD Pyxis Logistics (“Logistics) is quite good. BD is […]

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#ASHP Midyear 2014 game plan

By Jerry Fahrni on December 4, 2014

ASHP Midyear is next week in Anaheim, California. I arrive in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon, and will be there until Wednesday morning. I always look forward to Midyear as it gives me an opportunity to connect with friends I haven’t seen in a while and learn some new things. One of the great benefits that […]

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Cool Pharmacy Technology – WillCall Rx from SencorpWhite

By Jerry Fahrni on May 3, 2014

I had an interesting call with an account executive from SencorpWhite last week. He and I talked about several things, but one thing I found particularly interesting is something the company is doing in the outpatient pharmacy space with horizontal carousels. Carousels are neat technology for those that have a need for automated storage space, […]

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Carousel technology article in AJHP

By Jerry Fahrni on June 1, 2010

AJHP: “Implementation and evaluation of carousel dispensing technology in a university medical center pharmacy (Am J Health Syst Pharm 2010 67: 821-829) Results. The estimated labor savings comparing the preimplementation and postimplementation time studies for automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) refills, first-dose requests, supplemental cart fill, and medication procurement totaled 2.6 full-time equivalents (FTEs). After departmental […]

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Cool Technology for Pharmacy

By Jerry Fahrni on August 6, 2009

ROBOT-Rx® from McKesson is a robotic pharmacy system that automates many of the day to day operations that a technician may perform in a hospital pharmacy, such as medication storage, selection, return, restock, and crediting. From the manufacturer’s site: Every year, more than a half billion medications are dispensed error-free by ROBOT-Rx systems installed in […]

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Taking advantage of your carousel space.

By Jerry Fahrni on May 25, 2009

I have posted many times on our system for barcoding medications in the pharmacy. The posts have included reference to our efforts to increase storage space.  Our goals have always been to store as many medications as possible within the carousel to take advantage of the software’s many safety features and inventory functionality.  Like all […]

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