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How to manage an interface development project

Posted on March 31, 2016

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 primary software system (commonly called a pharmacy information system, or host system) that stores prescription information, files insurance claims and retains historical data of the prescriptions... Read more

Seventy four percent (74%) of manually compounded sterile product errors are undetectable at final product verification and would reach the patient

Posted on March 16, 2016

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 during manual compounding1. Over a yearlong study conducted from November 2012 to November 2013, 15,843 doses were prepared using this system and 1,126 errors (7.1%) were detected during the... Read more

The Big Little Things, Part IV: The Robot

Posted on March 4, 2016

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 that the robot as a whole certainly doesn’t fit the theme of these posts, there is one critical... Read more

Is Windows® 10 HIPPA Compliant?

Posted on February 19, 2016

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 offering users of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 Professional the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 10 Professional for free. To take advantage of this... Read more

Put the Cheese in the Refrigerator

Posted on January 20, 2016

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 from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare. In the article, titled “High Reliability: The Path to Zero Harm“, Dr. DuPree discusses... Read more

Marketing Your Pharmacy Technology Investment

Posted on January 7, 2016

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 on your investment as quickly as possible. Will the accuracy of the solution be what you were told by the vendor?... Read more

The Internet of Things is Changing Healthcare

Posted on December 17, 2015

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 connect the 7 billion mobile devices and 2 billion PC computers to the Internet every day, these are big numbers. And... Read more

A Breath of Fresh Air

Posted on December 3, 2015

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 cleanliness by sealing the compounding chamber, filtering incoming air, and maintaining laminar airflow inside of the cell. So far so... Read more

Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Environment

Posted on November 18, 2015

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 compromise confidential patient information. It is up to all of us that work in this vital sector of the economy to understand the need to be vigilant... Read more

A Breath of Fresh Air

Posted on November 4, 2015

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. Laminar airflow is critical to preventing the spread of any contaminants in the airflow, but even better would be... Read more

How to manage an interface development project

Seventy four percent (74%) of manually compounded sterile product errors are undetectable at final product verification and would reach the patient

The Big Little Things, Part IV: The Robot

Is Windows® 10 HIPPA Compliant?

Put the Cheese in the Refrigerator

Marketing Your Pharmacy Technology Investment

The Internet of Things is Changing Healthcare

A Breath of Fresh Air

Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Environment

A Breath of Fresh Air

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