Pharmacy News
ComputerTalk brings you the most important pharmacy news and announcements from pharmacy technology vendors, pharmacy associations, and more.
Retail Management Solutions at AAP Annual Conference 2014
INDUSTRY WATCH: Update
Retail Management Solutions Will Attend the American Associated Pharmacies Annual Conference
Retail Management Solutions (RMS), a leader in pharmacy pos software and technology, will attend the American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) Annual Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL from...
ICD-10: More Testing Needed, Says WEDI
INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2014
ICD-10: More Testing Needed, Says WEDI
In its private-sector advisory role to HHS under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) sent a letter to HHS Secretary...
Publix to Use Ateb Time My Meds
INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2014
Publix to Use Ateb Time My Meds
Publix Super Markets, in the rollout of the company’s Sync Your Refills medication synchronization program, is using Ateb’s Time My Meds to manage the program. Time My Meds identifies eligible...
Liberty Software Partners with VUCA Health
VUCA Health has created a medication video library, called MedsOnCue, to address health literacy. This library has over 2,200 unique videos with medication briefings in English and Spanish. Through the partnership with VUCA Health, patients receiving medications from pharmacies...
Medicare Tools for the Independent Gain Traction
INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2014
Medicare Tools for the Independent Gain Traction
Matt Johnson and his partner, Flaviu Simihaian, decided to merge their common passion in programming with Johnson’s decade of experience in pharmacy to create an interactive Medicare plan comparison tool...
Pharmacy First Offers Reconciliation Service
INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2014
Pharmacy First Offers Reconciliation Service
LibraRx Enterprise, a software-as-a-service application, is now available from Pharmacy First to take the busy work out of claims reconciliation for multiple-store owners and large chains. The service provides summary and detailed...
QS/1 Makes Available Wireless Signature Capture
INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2014
QS/1 Makes Available Wireless Signature Capture
Dell’s Latitude 10 tablet, running on the Windows 8 platform, is now integrated with the QS/1 NRx pharmacy management system. While the Latitude 10 can be used as a wireless signature...
Aurora Health Care installs ScriptPro Inventory System
INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2014
Aurora Health Care installs ScriptPro Inventory System
Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, Wis., has implemented ScriptPro’s SIM in order to have real-time inventory tracking, order generation, electronic transmission, and receiving.
SIM is integrated with Aurora’s SP Central Workflow...
HDS Sees Growth with Chains
INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2014
HDS Sees Growth with Chains
Healthcare Data Solutions (HDS) allows pharmacy clients to access valid and active healthcare providers so pharmacists can easily identify, select, and attach providers to a prescription, saving keystrokes, data entry mistakes, and...
Integra Expands Product Line
INDUSTRY WATCH: January/February 2014
Integra Expands Product Line
Logix is the newest addition to Integra’s comp ting ecosystem, a pharmacy-specific business automation tool that integrates with the company’s DocuTrack system. Logix automatically monitors search folders, triggers tasks, and completes processes currently...