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Update on AutoPharm software only pilot

By Jerry Fahrni on June 2, 2010

A couple of months ago we became a beta site for a Talyst AutoPharm software only solution. It’s not really a “software only” solution as it consists of a POS-X PC117 workstation, a Code CR3 scanner and a Zebra ZM400 printer, and of course Talyst’s AutoPharm software, but there are no carousels attached to it.

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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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Today’s presentation on pharmacy automation

By Jerry Fahrni on April 30, 2010

The health care system I work for, Kaweah Delta Health Care District, uses quite a bit of automated technology from Talyst in our inpatient pharmacy. Well, today I spent the day in Bellevue, WA with the good folks from Talyst talking about all kinds of pharmacy automation and technology. The day started with me giving […]

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Cool Technology for Pharmacy

By Jerry Fahrni on March 4, 2010

In a previous post I mused about using an automated packaging system like InSite from Talyst as a type of automated dispensing cabinet for acute care patients. InSite was designed for long-term care and would simply be too large for the needs of an acute care nursing unit, but the technology is ideal. However, the ATP-71 (PDF) […]

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Pharmacy workflow on life support

By Jerry Fahrni on February 2, 2010

A friend from Talyst stopped by the pharmacy and spent the greater part of Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning taking a look at what it means to work in an acute care hospital pharmacy. We have several pieces of Talyst automation and technology in our pharmacy and he was interested in how we used it […]

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Cool Technology for Pharmacy

By Jerry Fahrni on January 28, 2010

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 designed specifically for multi-med adherence packaging. This efficient system uses OnDemand technology to dispense multiple […]

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Pharmacy technology – Automated dispensing

By Jerry Fahrni on January 19, 2010

PROmanager-Rx is an automated system from McKesson designed for dispensing unit-dosed oral solids. PROmanager-Rx has a 12,000-dose capacity and uses a conveyor system and bar-code scanner to fill orders generated through the pharmacy information system. The system automates storage, dispensing, restocking, and various inventory management functions via the McKesson Connect-Rx software platform. And of course […]

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Talyst User Group – ASHP #Midyear2009

By Jerry Fahrni on December 6, 2009

Tonight’s ASHP activity consisted of attending the Talyst User Group. It was a pretty big turnout, probably three times the size of the one I attended in Chicago in June.

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Use of pharmacy informatics resources in hospital pharmacies

By Jerry Fahrni on November 17, 2009

I read an interesting article today in the November 1, 2009 issue of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP). In the article the authors report the results of survey sent to 200 hospitals in the US developed to assess the use of various informatics resources by pharmacy departments. The survey consisted of two-sections with […]

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Cool Technology for Pharmacy

By Jerry Fahrni on October 29, 2009

The MedBoard Medication Tracking System (MTS) from Baxa is a web-based medication system designed to help you track the flow of medications from entry in the pharmacy system to delivery on the nursing unit. The MTS can be integrated into you pharmacy workflow as part of your existing bar coding system.

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