For pharmacists, from Drug Topics: News and features for pharmacists about evolving technologies and their use in hospital-pharmacy settings
January 31, 2012
By:From staff reports
ScriptPro’s Central Pharmacy Management System won a 2011 Best in Klas award for Software Solutions (pharmacy, outpatient, retail), the 2 companies announced.
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January 31, 2012
By:From staff reports
The Spiro PD has been cleared to market by FDA for the use by a patient to test lung function in children, adolescents, and adults, the product’s developer, PMD Healthcare, announced.
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December 15, 2011
By:Jill Sederstrom
Drug Topics' 2012 Business Outlok Survey shows that while dollars may be tight, pharmacists continue to stay the course.
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October 15, 2011
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
Dose management tools used in the oncology and central pharmacies of a Maryland medical center have improved pharmacy workflow and reduced medication errors.
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October 15, 2011
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
Approximately a dozen pharmaceutical manufacturers are using light-up, wireless-connected pill bottles to improve medication adherence.
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October 15, 2011
By:Valerie DeBenedette
What appear to be garden-variety medication carts travel the halls (alone) at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, delivering medications to 3 critical-care units.
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September 15, 2011
By:Valerie DeBenedette
Pharmacies can create easy-to-understand medication handouts in any of 12 languages for patients and/or caregivers using the new Meducation SMART application from Polyglot Systems Inc. in Morrisville, N.C.
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September 10, 2011
By:Kathryn Foxhall
SCRIPT Version 10.6, the standard for e-prescribing and related transactions that the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs has been recommending for several years, will be coming into use in upcoming months.
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