University of Arizona Study Estimates Cost Avoidances from Reducing IV...
By Craig A. Boyce, RPh Current IV compounding is still largely based on human manual processes and visual inspection, where the safety of a dose depends on the how well staff follow proper technique....
View ArticleSt. Barnabas is “ahead of the curve” with RIVA
Over 20 pharmacists gathered at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York earlier this month to talk about improved patient safety with IV robotics. The gathering came on the heels of the University of Arizona...
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Frost & Sullivan Award to Codonics
Intelligent Hospitals Systems, an authorized re-seller of the Codonics Safe Label System in the USA, would like to congratulate Codonics on being honored with the 2014 North America Frost &...
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IH Systems Accepts KLAS Award at ASHP
The KLAS award for “Category Leader 2014” in the “Pharmacy Automation IV Robots” category was presented to Intelligent Hospital Systems (IH Systems) at the ASHP show in Anaheim on December 8, 2014....
View ArticleFDA issues new guidance for dispensers covered under the Drug Supply Chain...
By Nancy Panos The product tracing requirements in sections 582(d)(1) of the Drug Supply Chain Integrity Act took effect for dispensers July 1. However, some dispensers had expressed concern that...
View ArticleInvestigating Failures in Complex Systems
by Andrew Bugera, EIT Some recent highly-publicized failures of complex systems have reminded all of us that failures can still occur even when the design team puts forth their best effort to prevent...
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Getting Control of the Pharmacy Inventory
By Betty Plummer, Software Developer What is the current value of your pharmacy’s inventory? While there may be a single numeric answer (kudos if you can come up with it), the more realistic reply is...
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A Breath of Fresh Air
By: Mitch Valdmanis and Ron Rob One of the interesting challenges to solve in the design of IV automation is to create and maintain an environment where the compounding process can be carried out in...
View ArticlePharmacists Should Care About Inventory Management
By: Beth Richter, Pharmacist Consultant In a health system, pharmacists are primarily focused on drug therapy decisions. Many hospitals have decentralized pharmacy staff that are on patient floors...
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A Breath of Fresh Air
By: Mitch Valdmanis and Ron Rob Part II: Air Cleanliness In Part 1 of this series we discussed the importance of laminar airflow and the impacts it had on the design of RIVA’s air handling system....
View ArticleCybersecurity in the Healthcare Environment
By Michael Grzesik, Infrastructure Security Specialist Today’s healthcare industry is more than ripe with opportunity to exploit a weak computer and network security posture. Lack of attention can...
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A Breath of Fresh Air
By: Mitch Valdmanis, Senior System Designer Part III: Of Pass-through Chambers and Control Systems In parts I and II of this series we described how RIVA has been designed to achieve ISO level 5 air...
View ArticleThe Internet of Things is Changing Healthcare
By: Michael Grzesik, Infrastructure Security Specialist We live in a tech-savvy world that is now counted in billions. From the 3 billion people on the planet Earth that use 4 billion IP addresses to...
View ArticleMarketing Your Pharmacy Technology Investment
By: Sean Sullivan, Director, Marketing & Inside Sales So, you’ve made the investment in a pharmacy technology solution; you can’t wait to get it up and running so you can start realizing the return...
View ArticlePut the Cheese in the Refrigerator
Or, reducing patient harm by eliminating the sources of error. By: Mitch Valdmanis, Senior System Designer I just read an article in the latest issue Healthcare Executive magazine by Dr. Erin S. DuPree...
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Is Windows® 10 HIPPA Compliant?
By Michael Grzesik, Infrastructure Security Specialist I started a small project last week in an effort to learn more about the new Microsoft® Windows 10 operating system. Right now, Microsoft is...
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The Big Little Things, Part IV: The Robot
By: Mitch Valdmanis, Senior System Designer If you recall, back in my first post in this series, I implied that the robot arm in RIVA doesn’t qualify as one of “the big little things.” While it’s true...
View ArticleSeventy four percent (74%) of manually compounded sterile product errors are...
By: Scarlett Eckert, Pharmacist Consultant MD Anderson Cancer Center’s implementation of an IV workflow software system that uses gravimetric and barcode verification intercepted over 1,000 errors...
View ArticleHow to manage an interface development project
By: Thomas Brizzi, Project Manager If your pharmacy uses automation to fill prescriptions, you most likely have two separate software systems running in your pharmacy. All pharmacies have their...
View ArticleThe Next Data Breach: Coming to a Hospital Near You, Part 1
By: Mike Grzesik, Infrastructure Security Specialist These could become all too familiar stories from this year when we take a look back this next December. And this isn’t Hollywood or Bollywood, it...
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