Summer 2013 I health SyStem • InfuSIon
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Improving Aseptic
Compounding while
Reducing Costs by
Aseptic Enclosures XLTC
Superior to typical cleanrooms and
other isolators. This patent pending
design provides the most aseptic
environment attainable. It is safer,
more efficient to use and much less
expensive to operate and maintain.
Talyst’s Expert
340B Solutions
Talyst understands a pharmacy’s
need to optimize its 340B
savings. for almost 10 years,
Talyst has supported over
400 health systems with their
AutoSplit 340B software.
Pass-Thru Pharmacy
Refrigerator from
Helmer Scientific
Create a boundary between
the clean room and the regular
facility environment while
increasing productivity and
inventory control.
Automation for Hospital
Pharmacy Medication
Management
by Swisslog
Swisslog medication management
solutions optimize pharmacy
operations by controlling the
workflow from wholesaler ordering
to packaging and dispensing to
administration to the patient.
IQware Medication
Therapy Management
(MTM)/Disease
State Management
(DSM) System
Hospital, Retail and Independent
Pharmacies can enable better
results to prevent adverse drug
complications, interaction conflicts
and control costs.
RMS
EvolutionPOS
for Hospital
Pharmacies
Increase outpatient
pharmacy revenue and
patient compliance while
reducing readmission rates
and medicare fines with
evolutionPoS!
Swisslog Healthcare Solutions
swisslog.com/medportal | 800.764.0300 | healthcare@swisslog.com
SwisslogHealthcareSolutions SwisslogNA SwisslogHCS
MedPortal™ is a trademark of Swisslog AG.
Your Inventory Management
Software Should Work for You
Introducing MedPortal™ Inventory Management Software—
the frst inventory management software product designed
to make inventory management easy, so you can focus on the
critical challenges of drug shortages and healthcare reform.
MedPortal automates medication management, giving you
access to accurate, actionable information—regardless of
facility size, number of storage locations, or automation level.
Managing inventory shouldn’t be a challenge. Take control of
your inventory with a software solution that tracks medication
movements from your wholesaler to your patients.
Contact Swisslog today for more information
or to schedule a live demonstration.
swisslog.com/medportal
Enabling Better Results for Patients, Physicians, and Pharmacies
To promote the safe and effective use of medications and help patients benefit from
medicationtherapy,IQwaredesignedtheIQwareMedicationTherapyManagement/Disease
State Management (MTM/DSM) system. This comprehensive rule-based solution enables
healthcareorganizations(includinghospital,retail&independentpharmacies)toquicklyand
cost-effectivelydevelopapplicationsto:
•EnhancePatientAwarenessAboutMedicationTherapy
•PreventAdverseDrugComplications,ConflictsandInteractions
•ControlCosts
What’s so special about a rule-based solution?
Wheretraditionalapplicationdevelopmentmethodsusuallyrequiresignificantinvestmentin
termsoftimeandmoney,IQwareMTM/DSMisbasedonIQware’sunique,patentedrule-
basedarchitectureandrevolutionarydevelopmentmethodology.Offeringaparadigmswitch
fromtraditionalsoftwareanddevelopmentpractices,IQwareMTM/DMSenablesyouto:
•Modify applications on the fly, eliminating the costly software development cycle;
enablingyoutocomplywithevolvingregulatoryrequirements.
•Deliver the right informationtotherightpeopleattherighttime.
•Enhance information management security using HP OpenVMS—the highly secure
operatingsystemthatwhendeployedproperly,hasneverbeenhacked.
•Set permissionsbasedonaccesscontrolattheobjectlayer,enforcedbycryptography.
•Streamline development and deployment,workingwithanydatasourceandrunning
onanyequipment,fromadesktoptoahandheld.
•Seamlessly interoperate and integratewithyourdataandcurrentfulfillmentsystem.
IQware Medication Therapy Management/
Disease State Management
DISEASE STATE
MANAGEMENT
MEDICATION THERAPY
MANAGEMENT
ADVANCED CAPABILITIES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
You can trust IQware MTM/DSM to provide the advanced
featuresyouneedtodrivebetterresultsforyourpatients—
and your organization. Depending on your needs, you can
choosefromthefollowingessentialtools.
www.iqwaresolutions.com | (877) 768-7284
The Leader in Pharmacy Point-of-Sale Innovation
EvolutionPOS
TM to the rescue.
Capture those scripts in-house, to benefit your patients and the hospital.
Using EvolutionPOS, you can put full transaction capability right in the hands
of pharmacy employees. With our mobile POS device, you can deliver discharge
prescriptions, OTCs and counseling directly to the patient bedside, just before they
are discharged.
Ensure uninterrupted patient compliance, which can help to keep readmission rates
low, while gaining the prescription revenue. EvolutionPOS smoothly and securely
accomplishes this by collecting payment, recording electronic signatures, and
documenting each transaction in real time.
Contact us to discuss the best fit for your needs.
Don’t become a
headline in your
local paper.
Talk to RMS today.
Local Hospital
Fined for Poor
Readmission
Rates
Sometown, USA
In recent news, Sound
Hospital will incur fines up
to $2.2 million for its high
readmission rates within
30 days.
Local administrators were
unavailable for comment,
but reliable sources suspect
1.877.767.1060
sales@rm-solutions.com
www.rm-solutions.com/rx100
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WITH TALYST’S
340B EXPERT
SOLUTIONS, WE
ARE SAVING AN
ADDITIONAL
$2 MILLION IN
THE FIRST YEAR.
Philip Almeter
Director of Pharmacy Operations
and Business Development
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky Medical Center is a nationally recognized health system with 140 outreach clinics and
programs throughout Central and Eastern Kentucky. UK Medical Center has been a Talyst customer for five years.
With AutoSplit® Fully Managed, they’ve seen significant cost reductions that helped fund the health system’s
pharmacy automation. In addition, UK Medical Center has implemented AutoPharm® Enterprise and AutoVault®.
Talyst is the leader in 340B splitting software. We understand a pharmacy’s need to optimize the value of the
340B program to improve patient care. With increasing complexity and the need for audit compliance, it’s critical
to have the right solution. Talyst offers a variety of 340B expert solutions: AutoSplit® 340B Software, AutoSplit®
Fully Managed, AutoSplit® Contract Pharmacy, and 340B Complaince Services. For over 10 years, Talyst has
supported over 400 health systems with their AutoSplit 340B solutions.
Are You Audit Ready? For more information, call 877.4.TALYST x1 or info@talyst.com.
Talyst.com | 877.4.TALYST
True Blue.
800.743.5637 · www.helmerinc.com
Isolate compounded drugs
and improve inventory control.
Pass-Thru Refrigerators
i.Series® and Horizon Series™ Pass-Thru Refrigerators create a boundary
between clean rooms and regular facility environments while permitting
products to be removed outside the clean room on a “first-in-first-out”
basis improving inventory control and boosting productivity. The design
is smart and efficient, maintaining superior temperature uniformity and
providing optimal alarm monitoring for the safe storage of high-value
products. It’s the perfect blend of efficiency, reliability, and accuracy
needed to meet productivity goals.
For more information, email: sales@helmerinc.com or
visit: www.helmerinc.com
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