“To Prefill or Not to Prefill, That Is the Question”
By Jason Spencer, Implementation Specialist Before joining ARxIUM, I spent a fair amount of time in the underbelly of the long term care world. Fifteen years to be exact. Fifteen years of learning the...
View ArticleThe Next Data Breach: Don’t Become a Victim
By: Michael Grzesik, Infrastructure Security Specialist It’s back to business as usual for the hacked hospitals that were highlighted in my last post. Undoubtedly, they have learned a big lesson from...
View ArticleWhy should pharmacies develop work standards for pharmacy technicians? What...
By: Erica Ellis, Application Consultant As an Industrial Engineer, I have a unique perspective on how work is done in a pharmacy. Whether it is inpatient, outpatient, long-term care, mail order, etc....
View ArticleNew NAPRA Compounding Standards
By: Irene Wasilewski, Application Consultant What is NAPRA? The National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) is a voluntary association of Canadian provincial and territorial...
View ArticleWhat will your technology legacy be?
By: Nancy Panos, Application Consultant You are about to spend hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions on a new technology for your pharmacy operation. You did all the work to get the project...
View ArticleWhere’s My Data?
By: Betty Plummer, Software Developer Pharmacy software generates a lot of data. It needs to be saved (or persisted) for reference or reporting. The gold standard for the past few decades has been to...
View ArticleSo you need to move a Data Center?
By Dan Hawkins M.B.A., Director of Information Technology Edited by Mike Grzesik, Infrastructure Security Specialist My team and I just finished up a project that left me exhausted, elated, proud,...
View ArticleWhy Coders Should Not Be Testers
By: David Pilkington, Software Developer I’ve been a software developer all my adult life and then some – back to the days when we were called “computer programmers.” In those 35 years I’ve learned a...
View ArticleMeasuring Patient Harm in Canadian Hospitals
By: Irene Wasilewski, Application Consultant Despite health professionals’ focus on safety, a small proportion of patients experience some type of unintended harm as a result of the care they receive....
View ArticleThe Great Digital Divide
By: Michael Grzesik, Infrastructure Security Specialist With the latest disclosure by Yahoo on December 14, 2016 that it lost the information for one BILLION e-mail accounts, I have finally decided...
View ArticleI am a machine
By: KJ Delaney, Application Consultant So starts another day. I think it’s Monday or maybe Tuesday; the days really seem to run together lately. My teammates should be here anytime. I don’t envy them....
View ArticleUse It or Lose It
By: Alex Reinhardt, Application Consultant That adage has been around for a long time, and has been applied to many things. However, did you ever think it applied to your automation? Well, it does,...
View ArticlePouch Device Optimization
By KJ Delaney, Application Consultant Being the owner of an ARxIUM pouch packager does have its share of responsibility. You have made an investment into your business of taking care of your patients....
View ArticleGoing Global – ARxIUM’s International Journey
By: Irene Wasilewski, Application Consultant ARxIUM’s Director of Distribution Sales, Randy Kehler, recently presented to a group of students at the University of Manitoba’s International Management’s...
View ArticleMarrying Hardware and Software
By: David Pilkington, Software Developer DEARLY beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of Geeks, and in the face of these consumers, to join together this Hardware and this Software in...
View ArticleAre pharmacy labels your workflow crutch?
By Beth Richter, Pharmacist Consultant For many years, pharmacy workflow and medication dispensing have been driven by paper: paper in the form of a label. Labels are used for everything and for good...
View ArticleThe Value of Teamwork
By Jay Yates, Manager of Implementation So, you’ve been asked to complete a large project with impossible time lines and failure is not an option. You can’t do it on your own and be successful. I’ve...
View ArticleTimes are Changing – Using Automated Dispensing Cabinets in Alternate Care...
By Jodie Vogt, Product Sales Support Does this scenario sound familiar to you if you work in an alternate care setting such as long term care, rehabilitation or hospice? It is “Someone’s” job to check...
View ArticleTop Ten Things to Consider When Changing Your Target Operating System Platform
By David Skowronski, Computer System Engineer The following top 10 list is important to consider when deciding to change the operating system of an existing production system or product platform....
View ArticleInnovative Pharmacy Solutions…from our customers
By KJ Delaney, Application Consultant As an Application Consultant, I get to travel across the United States and Canada. I get to visit all sorts of hospitals and pharmacy sites. I get to meet new...
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