Pharmacy News

ComputerTalk brings you the most important pharmacy news and announcements from pharmacy technology vendors, pharmacy associations, and more.

Rx Systems Adds New Feature to Eyecon

INDUSTRY WATCH: July/August 2015 Rx Systems has added a new feature on its Eyecon Pill Counter called the Double Count/Back Count setting. This setting allows Eyecon users to set the Eyecon to quickly double-count each Schedule II prescription, as well...

American Health Packaging’s New Unit-Dose Offerings

INDUSTRY WATCH: July/August 2015 American Health Packaging, a division of AmerisourceBergen, now offers four additional products to its growing unit-dose line. These include the following: ■ Celecoxib 100 mg and 200 mg capsules (AB-rated to Celebrex) ■ Mycophenolic 180 mg and 360...

VUCA Health Partners with PDX

INDUSTRY WATCH: July/August 2015 VUCA Health has signed up PDX, Inc., to incorporate its MedsOnCue digital patient engagement solution in the PDX platform. Pharmacies using PDX pharmacy systems will have access to a library of prescription-specific videos that deliver proper...

ASAP Holds Midyear Conference

INDUSTRY WATCH: July/August 2015 The American Society for Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) recently held its midyear conference at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla. Attendees at the conference benefited from a fast-paced program of 30-minute presentations covering a broad range...

Ateb Forms Community Pharmacy Advisory Board

INDUSTRY WATCH: July/August 2015  Ateb has formed a Community Pharmacy Advisory Board to identify key challenges facing pharmacy and to develop solutions to allow independent community pharmacies to improve patient engagement, optimize medication use, streamline overall pharmacy management, and leverage...

Innovation Robotic Inventory Control System

INDUSTRY WATCH: July/August 2015 Innovation, makers of PharmASSIST pharmacy automation solutions, has announced that Moose Pharmacy in Mt. Pleasant, N.C., has implemented an RxSafe 1800 robotic inventory control system, which is integrated with the PioneerRx pharmacy management system used at...

NABP Recognizing Importance of PMPs

INDUSTRY WATCH: July/August 2015 The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), recognizing the importance of prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) to fight against prescription drug abuse and diversion, has approved continued funding to support participation in NABP’s PMP InterConnect at...

Integra Introduces Audit Assist for DocuTrack

INDUSTRY WATCH: May/June 2015 Integra has added functionality to its flagship workflow management product DocuTrack to comply with a new policy of the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy. The policy requires that a computer system be capable of displaying for...

Surescripts Collaborates With PDR On CompletEPA

INDUSTRY WATCH: May/June 2015 Surescripts is working collaboratively with PDR, LLC, a leading provider of drug information, to expand coverage of PDR’s CompletEPA electronic prior authorization solution, which is available to more than 290,000 physicians nationwide. Between Surescripts’ direct connections with...

New Partners for FDS’s myDataMart and eNGAGE

INDUSTRY WATCH: May/June 2015 FDS has announced partnerships with Transaction Data Systems (Rx30) and Computer-Rx for use of FDS’s myDataMart. This is a service offered by FDS that provides an array of dashboards and graphical reports to help manage patient...