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Winter 2019
Health System • Infusion
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or contain costs.
503B Outsourced Compounding
Facilities & Services
Industry Expert Q&A, Market Leaders
Buyer’s Guide, and More
page 48
7 Case Studies
NuAire, Parata, Charles River, Visante, and
Retail Management Solutions
8 Thought Leaders
Sentry Data Systems, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services,
Verity Solutions, ACHC, and More
page 34
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BoxPicker®
Automated Pharmacy
Storage System From
Swisslog Healthcare
Creates a More
Efficient Pharmacy
Workflow
Optimize pharmacy workflows
with the fully automated modular
storage and retrieval system.
swisslog.com/ASHP2019
We live in a connected world.
But inside the walls of a hospital,
connections can break down, leading
to delays in care. At Swisslog
Healthcare, our logistics-driven
approach integrates automated
transport and pharmacy solutions to
connect the medication supply chain.
So you can connect with the people
that matter most—your patients.
Connect with us
at the ASHP Midyear
Clinical Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada, December 8-12
Visit swisslog.com/ASHP2019 to
get a sneak peek of what we’ll be
revealing at this year’s conference.
Connecting
the Medication
Supply Chain
Through Integrated Transport and
Pharmacy Automation Solutions
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Verity Solutions –
Your True Partner
for 340B Program
Administration and
Compliance
Dedicated to providing agile
and proactive solutions to
those who serve the most
vulnerable in our communities.
We’re changing the game in third-party administration for 340B, with
unmatched product innovation, ease of use, data transparency and support to
help your team maintain compliance. We’re the only 340B solution to score an
“A” in the 2018 and 2019 Best in KLAS Report for 340B Management Systems,
earning the title of Category Leader for two years running.
If you’re looking to collaborate with a vendor that can help you build a winning
340B program and contribute to your organization’s bottom line, contact us to
speak with a 340B program advisor and learn how to get started.
© 2019 Verity Solutions Group, Inc.
Split Billing | Contract Pharmacy | VHUBTM for Contract Pharmacies | Compliance Manager | Purchase Analytics
FOR 340B HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS
We’re turning
340B teams
into A-teams.
As the industry’s most trusted
third-party administrator for
the 340B drug discount
program, we can help
optimize drug cost savings
and meet HRSA compliance
requirements for hospitals,
clinics and pharmacies.
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Your true partner for 340B
program administration
and compliance
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B Y G S L S O L U T I O N S
WITH AUTOLOG™
BEFORE
AFTER
• Eliminates shrink and drug loss by replacing today’s
“open face / open access” controlled drug
storage cabinets
• Replaces today’s error-prone and manual perpetual
log book
• Logs ALL transactions and user activities automatically
• Replaces pharmacist labor with technician labor for
C2 filling
• Maintains complete chain of custody and pedigree
from stock receiving to prescription filling and
patient pick up
• Payback from labor savings in as little as 1 year
• Physical chain of custody is maintained from filling
of prescription through receipt by the patient
• Easy integration to RN notification system and
dashboard when prescription is ready
• Signature Capture stores the patient’s signature
confirming receipt of medications from their bedside
• Real-time inventory of cabinet contents
• Secure storage of patient’s home medications
• Patient monographs printed on demand
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• Secure storage for will-call
• Proven ROI based on labor cost savings
• Improves customer service through a decrease
in wait time
• Sends the patient a text message when RXs are
ready with AutoNotify
• Integrates with Central fill
• Maintains drug pedigree, lot, and expiration date
when integrated with IntelliVault
BEFORE
AFTER
THE LEADER IN WILL-CALL STORAGE
STANDS ALONE OR INTERGRATES
WITH INTELLICAB
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IntelliVault MTB,
IntelliCab, and
IntelliStock by
GSL Solutions, Inc.
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Inc.’s products are integrated in
a single software, IntelliSys™,
which uses Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) to
physically track medications.
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Thought Leader
Video Series
page 34-35
THE SAFER CHOICE FOR YOUR PHARMACY
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WINTER 2019 I HEALTH SYSTEM • INFUSION
Contents
20Ways MISSION
To educate pharmacy management on
products and services that serve to improve
patient care or improve a pharmacy’s financial
bottom line, while distilling and presenting this
relevant information via 20 product profiles.
2019 CIRCULATION
Issue Focus: Hospital & Infusion
Issue Frequency: Summer & Winter
Circulation Per Issue: 12,200+
6,500+ Hospital Directors
2,200+ Clinical Consultants
2,500+ Industry Executives
1,000+ Trade Show Handouts
Issue Focus: Retail, Specialty, & LTC
Issue Frequency: Spring, Fall, & Winter
Circulation Per Issue: 28,500+
18,000+ Owners (Independents)
1,500+ Long-Term Care Pharmacies
2,500+ Retail Chain Executives
2,500+ Industry Executives
2,000+ Trade Show Handouts
QUARTERLY ISSUES
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Parata – Solutions
to Reduce Costs,
Improve Medication
Adherence, and
Enhance Patient
Experience
Explore the technology,
expertise, and people you
can count on.
Powering hospital pharmacies
to help people lead healthier lives.
An established pharmacy automation leader, Parata’s adherence packaging, vial-fi lling, and
workfl ow solutions reduce costs and medication errors and improve medication adherence.
Explore our full portfolio of pharmacy workfl ow solutions designed with your business,
pharmacy teams, and patients in mind at parata.com.
888.PARATA1
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Adherence Packaging & Inspection
Workfl ow & Inventory Management
Vial-Filling Robots
Secure Pick-Up Kiosks
Secure Pick-Up Kiosks
Vial-Filling Robots
Secur
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GX Cold Storage
Solutions Offer
Energy Efficient
Performance –
Helmer Scientific
Optimized temperature
performance reduces energy
consumption by 50-65%
supporting environmental
sustainability and a lower
cost of ownership over the
refrigerator’s lifetime.
GX Cold Storage Solutions Offer Energy
Effcient Performance
OptiCool™ technology pairs a variable capacity
compressor (VCC) and natural refrigerants to
efficiently manage energy consumption
x
50% reduction in energy usage compared to
conventional technology
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ENERGY STAR® certified
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Reduces operating costs and supports
sustainability initiatives
Effcient and effective.
Learn more: info.helmerinc.com/helmer/gxsolutions
OptiCool™ and Helmer are registered trademarks of
Helmer Scientific.
© 2019 Helmer Inc. All rights reserved.
Professional
Medical-grade
Refrigerators
GX Solutions
from Helmer Scientific
Featuring OptiCool™
Technology
Energy savings
Quiet Operation
Supports sustainability initiatives
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Pharmaceutical
Inventory Management
Services by
Capital Inventory
The nation’s leader in
pharmaceutical inventory service
providing inventory data that is
accurate and dependable.
INFORMATION FOR INTELLIGENT PHARMACY MANAGEMENT
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Pharmaceutical Inventory Experts:
Precise, Efficient, and Confident
Why Outsource Your Inventory Needs?
• Teams of experts conduct the inventory within a few hours.
• Teams conduct inventories daily-not annually.
• Minimal interruption to the pharmacy staf and operation.
• Teams work seamlessly around the pharmacy staf ensuring that the “snapshot” is a true representation of the
inventory on-hand.
• Eliminate the need for overtime or coordination of stafng to accommodate inventory.
• Expert valuation and pricing of the inventory by an independent party.
• Competent inventory specialist that can work with fnance and/or external audit frm to validate the inventory.
• Collaboration with the pharmacy to provide an accurate report in a timely manner.
To learn more about Capital Inventory and how we can help you with our inventory services please contact
1-800-345-0849 or Info@capitalinventory.com.
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Star-Link Enterprise from Retail Management Solutions
helps pharmacies to streamline operations and centralize
management of multiple pharmacy locations.
Primary Intended Outcome
Pharmacies with multiple locations face unique challenges in ensuring that each
site maintains and updates their product files, implements price changes and
promotions, and remains consistent across the brand. Furthermore, taking in
and making sense of data from multiple sites is both labor intensive and time
consuming.
The Star-Link Enterprise edition offers companies with multiple sites the ability to
centralize the management of product files, promotions, and accounts receivable.
In addition, Star-Link communicates with Star-Lite or Star-Plus POS systems for
real-time communication from and between sites to the head office to give up-to
the minute inventory, sales, and transaction data. Star-Link utilizes Microsoft SQL
Server Reporting Services and SQL Server Analysis Services so this data can
be viewed dynamically for some or all locations by deploying built-in reports or
custom-built report options.
The Challenge
HealthPartners operates Clinic/Apothecary type pharmacies with relatively
small front ends. For more than half a century, HealthPartners has been
setting the standard for its high-quality Health Plans, Hospitals, Medical and
Dental Clinics, and Pharmacies. At the initial implementation of Star-Link, Health-
Partners offered Retail Pharmacy services in 15 medical clinics and one refill
pickup site at their headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota. All their stores have
a variety of OTC products and specialty OTC products as well as candy, snacks,
beverages, and greeting cards.
With pharmacies spread throughout the city, managing the product file for even
small front ends was difficult and time consuming. Each site had a pharmacy
manager whose focus and training revolves around the prescription side of the
business with limited interest or concern for the front end. Due to the size,
no site had a front-end manager as is typically seen in pharmacies with a large
front-end.
As a result of this problem, price update files emailed to the stores from the
head office were often not processed in a timely manner and, at some locations,
not at all. Consequently, some sites experienced increased cost of goods without
increasing their retail prices, resulting in reduced profit. Ensuring compliance was
virtually impossible. Additionally, as time went on, product file discrepancies
Case Study
Toll free: 1.877.767.1060
Email: sales@rm-solutions.com
Web: www.rm-solutions.com
Health Partners operates clinic/
apothecary type pharmacies with
relatively small front ends.
For more than half a century,
HealthPartners has been setting
the standard for its high-quality
health plans, hospitals, medical &
dental clinics and pharmacies.
HealthPartners offers retail
pharmacy services in numerous
clinics and one refill pickup site at
its headquarters in Bloomington,
Minnesota.
All of its stores have a variety of
OTC products and specialty OTC
products, as well as candy, snacks,
beverages, and greeting cards.
Case Study:
Star-Link Enterprise
Helps Pharmacies to
Streamline Operations
and Centralize
Management of Multiple
Pharmacy Locations
From Retail Management Solutions
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Community • Specialty • LTC
I M P R O V I N G
PATIENT CARE
& P H A R M A C Y
PROFITABILITY
Fall 2019
Community • Specialty • LTC
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or increase proftability.
Pharmacy Return Solutions & Resources
Industry Expert Q&A, Market Leaders Buyer’s Guide, and More
page 50
2 Case Studies
QS/1 and Dexcom
8 Thought Leader Videos
Eight Video Series Including Medicine Shoppe International, Parata,
Sentry Data Systems, and Pharmacy Consulting Broker Services
page 22
Fall 2019
Health System • Infusion
I M P R O V I N G
P A T I E N T C A R E
PHARMACY COST
C O N T A I N M E N T
Summer 2019
Health System • Infusion
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or contain costs.
340B Resources & Software
Industry Expert Q&A, Market Leaders
Buyer’s Guide, and More
page 38
4 Case Studies
Liberty Software, GSL Solutions, Charles River, and
Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
8 Thought Leaders
Eight Video Series Including Visante, Verity Solutions,
Rees Scientifc, Acentrus Specialty, and More
page 22
Summer 2019
Community • Specialty • LTC
I M P R O V I N G
PATIENT CARE
& P H A R M A C Y
PROFITABILITY
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or increase proftability.
Will Call Technology
Industry Expert Q&A, Market Leaders
Buyer’s Guide, and More
page 42
2 Case Studies
Liberty Software and Medicine Shoppe International
8 Thought Leaders
Eight Video Series Including Visante, Rees Scientifc,
Pharmacy Consulting Broker Services, Rite Aid, and More
page 26
Community • Specialty • LTC
Spring 2019
Spring 2019
Health System • Infusion &
Community • Specialty • LTC
I M P R O V I N G
PATIENT CARE
& P H A R M A C Y
PROFITABILITY
Winter 2020
Community • Specialty • LTC
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or increase proftability.
Pharmacy Return Solutions & Resources
Industry Expert Q&A, Market Leaders Buyer’s Guide, and More
page 50
2 Case Studies
QS/1 and Dexcom
8 Thought Leader Videos
Eight Video Series Including Medicine Shoppe International, Parata,
Sentry Data Systems, and Pharmacy Consulting Broker Services
page 22
I M P R O V I N G
P A T I E N T C A R E
PHARMACY COST
C O N T A I N M E N T
Winter 2019
Health System • Infusion
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or contain costs.
503B Outsourced Compounding
Facilities & Services
Industry Expert Q&A, Market Leaders
Buyer’s Guide, and More
page 48
7 Case Studies
NuAire, Parata, Charles River, Visante and
Retail Management Solutions
8 Thought Leaders
Sentry Data Systems, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services,
Verity Solutions, ACHC, and More
page 34
Winter 2019 / 2020
Syringe lling made easy!
Praxi Fill
Automated syringe ller
™
PraxiFill™ is an automated syringe ller
intended to increase productivity of the
syringe lling process by eliminating the
tedious manual task of aspirating solution
into the syringe and capping the lled
syringe.
PraxiFill™ is designed to be used with
MedXL pre-capped sterile syringes for
increased efficiency and productivity.
5cc,
10cc,
20cc
and
50cc
syringes
are available.
Fast, accurate, repeatable
lling and capping.
Increase productivity
Easy to control with
touch screen pad
Small footprint
MIX - FILL - LABEL - USE
Syringe labelling made easy!
Praxi Label
Semi-automated syringe labeller
™
PraxiLabel™ is a semi-automatic
tabletop syringe labeler intended to
increase labeling productivity as it
eliminates the work related injuries
due to frequent hand and wrist
movements involved in the syringe
labeling operation.
The labels are
pre-graduated
and may be
printed on any
heat transfer
label printer.
Small footprint
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Simple and fast
change over
between different sizes
Filling speed is up to
8 syringes/minute
depending on
syringe size.