Pharmacy News

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

QS/1 Upgrades mobileRx app

INDUSTRY WATCH: May/June 2015 QS/1 has added a feature to its mobileRx app that will remind patients on their smartphones when to take a prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications. Patients can access the list of prescriptions they are taking from...

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...

New York EPCS Deadline in Delayed One Year

INDUSTRY WATCH New York EPCS Deadline Delayed One Year New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that postpones until March 2016 the deadline for doctors in the state of New York to use only electronic prescriptions. “If prescribers and pharmacies in New...

FDB and Polyglot Partner to Help Improve Medication Adherence

INDUSTRY WATCH FDB and Polyglot Systems Partner to Help Improve Medication Adherence First Databank (FDB) has announced an agreement to be the primary distributor of Polyglot’s proprietary Meducation simplified patient medication instructions to the hospital, ambulatory and pharmacy markets in the...

Integra Releases DocuTrack 6.0

INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2015 Integra's DocuTrack Version 6.0 is scheduled for general release early this year. A key component of the latest release is the integration of the company's Logix product. DocuTrack 6.0 includes the Logix features most requested by DocuTrack customers. In...

Retail Management Solutions Endorsed by CARE Cooperative

INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2015 Pharmacy POS solution provider Retail Management Solutions has been endorsed by the CARE Pharmacy Cooperative as the vendor of choice for CARE stores to use.

Datascan Adds Automated Functionality

INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2015 Datascan Adds Automated Functionality Datascan has announced that it has added more automated functionality to its pharmacy man agement system and the ability to schedule common tasks. Included in the software upgrade are scheduling auto refills, scheduling the print ing...

Kirby Lester Sees Impact of Hydrocodone Reclassification

INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2015 Kirby Lester has found that the reclassification of hydrocodone as a Schedule II drug by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency caused a spike in demand for the company's KL1 and KL1Plus tablet counting devices. The use of these devices...

PCCA Forms Preferred Provider Network

INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2015 PCCA Forms Preferred Provider Network PCCA has announced that it is forming PersonalMed, a preferred provider network of Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board-accredited PCCA member pharmacies. PersonalMed represents a strategic approach to pharmacy benefit management, similar to health insurers' preferred provider organizations,...

QS/1 Gains E-Prescribing Certification

INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2015 QS/1 has gained certification to handle electronic transmission of prescription orders, fill confirmations, resupply requests, and discontinued medications for long-term care facilities through Prescribers-Connection. According to QS/1's Michael Ziegler, many eMAR vendors are choosing PrescribersConnection for these transmissions using the SCRIPT...