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JerryFahrni.com Podcast #3: Semi-automated IV Workflow Management Systems

By Jerry Fahrni on August 3, 2015

Show Notes: Host: Jerry Fahnri New Equipment: Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone – Blackout Edition Dragonpad Pop Filter IVWFM systems discussed: APOTECAps1 BD Cato DoseEdge EPIC Dispense Prep2 i.v.SOFT IVTrac1 Meditech1,2 PharmQ-ITH – No longer available. IP sold to BD Phocus Rx PyxisPrep – No longer available. Killed following acquisition by BD RxADMIX1 ScriptPro Verification […]

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JerryFahrni.com Podcast #2: Sterile Compounding Robots

By Jerry Fahrni on July 27, 2015

Show notes: Host: Jerry Fahrni Robots discussed: i.v.STATION by Aesynt RIVA by Intelligent Hospital Systems (IHS) INTELLIFILL I.V. by Baxter APOTECAchemo® by Loccioni Group

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More thoughts on the ASHP national survey results for informatics and pharmacy practice

By Jerry Fahrni on July 23, 2015

On Monday I spoke briefly about two articles in AJHP that summarize two recent ASHP surveys. The first covers Pharmaccy Informatics in U.S. Hospitals(1), while the second focuses on pharmacy practice in acute care hospitals(2). Both surveys contain a wealth of information, and provide a snapshot of what pharmacies in the U.S. are doing. While […]

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JerryFahrni.com Podcast #1: ASHP National Survey Results

By Jerry Fahrni on July 20, 2015

Show notes: Host: Jerry Fahrni The two surveys discussed in the podcast are below: Fox, B. I., C. A. Pedersen, and K. F. Gumpper. “ASHP National Survey on Informatics: Assessment of the Adoption and Use of Pharmacy Informatics in U.S. Hospitals–2013.” American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 72, no. 8 (April 15, 2015): 636–55. doi:10.2146/ajhp140274. Pedersen, […]

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Aethon launches TraySafe at #ASHPSM15 in Denver

By Jerry Fahrni on June 9, 2015

I’ve been at the ASHP Summer Meeting in Denver this week roaming the exhibit hall looking for interesting new products. One product that caught my attention was TraySafe by Aethon. TraySafe is a medication tray management system. There are several such systems currently on the market, but what makes TraySafe different is its approach to […]

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5 years later, my thoughts on pharmacy practice

By Jerry Fahrni on March 2, 2015

I haven’t been a practicing pharmacist in the traditional sense in about five years. I’ve spent the last 19 months as an independent consultant, which has been awesome. Prior to that I was a Product Manager for about two and a half years at a company that dealt in pharmacy automation and technology. Before that […]

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More from #ASHP Midyear

By Jerry Fahrni on December 10, 2014

Yesterday was more of the same, i.e. I spent several hours in the exhibit hall yesterday trying to make my way through my “game plan”. And again I failed to complete my mission. I spent a lot of time speaking to various people about some of the things I saw on Monday. Some of my […]

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#ASHP Midyear 2014 update

By Jerry Fahrni on December 9, 2014

I spent several hours in the exhibit hall yesterday trying to make my way through my proposed “game plan”. Didn’t even get close. I kept getting sidetracked by one thing or another. Stops I did make were all interesting, and included:

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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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In the Clean Room: A Review of Technology-Assisted Sterile Compounding Systems in the US [report]

By Jerry Fahrni on October 6, 2014

For the better part of the past year I’ve been working on a project with Mark Neuenschwander of The Neuenschwander Company looking at technologies used in pharmacy clean rooms to prepare sterile compounds. The research into this area took much longer than originally anticipated. We discovered along the way that this subject is much more […]

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