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Why ARxIUM?

Posted on March 9, 2015

by Thom Doherty The reason Intelligent Hospital Systems Inc. (IH Systems) acquired AmerisourceBergen Technology Group Today IH Systems announced the acquisition of AmerisourceBergen Technology Group (ABTG) creating the most integrated pharmacy technology company in the industry, and strengthening our position in the pharmacy automation market. Worldwide, pharmacy automation purchases are growing with a compounded annual growth... Read more

RIVA automated compounding technology supports PIC/S-compliant production for compounding centers and hospital pharmacies

Posted on February 4, 2015

by Thom Doherty Businesses providing regulated aseptic compounding services require stringent quality control measures, and good manufacturing practices (GMP) provide the framework for implementing critical quality control processes. Automation, which provides unparalleled product and process repeatability, is increasingly seen as a solution for compounding centers and hospitals to meet the requirements of highly-regulated manufacturing environments. Read more

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Celebrating IHS Talent – Mitch Valdmanis

Posted on February 3, 2015

At Intelligent Hospital Systems, we are proud of our diverse, skilled and innovative professional talent. We want to celebrate them. Mitch Valdmanis, Software Developer What interested you in this career? I’ve been interested in robotics and automation since I was a child dreaming about having my own team of robots to do all my chores... Read more

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The Importance of Intellectual Property Management

Posted on February 2, 2015

by Christine Ross Intellectual Property (IP) is one of the most important assets of a leading edge technology company. Whether it be patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets or know-how, it is critically important to identify it, document it, protect it and in some cases, register it. All of this activity takes a team of engineers,... Read more

The Operational Cost Analysis

Posted on January 28, 2015

By Alex Reinhardt, P. Eng. When considering the purchase of IV automation such as RIVA, you need to consider all the costs that you will need to pay over the operational life of the system. In many cases, people just think about the initial purchase cost, but over a five or ten year service life, that... Read more

IH Systems Accepts KLAS Award at ASHP

Posted on December 9, 2014

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. RIVA, the fully automated IV compounding system developed by IH Systems, earned the highest customer rankings in several areas including quality of implementation,... Read more

Frost & Sullivan Award to Codonics

Posted on November 20, 2014

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 & Sullivan Award. By using Intelligent Hospitals Systems’ RIVA to compound anesthesia medications in ready-to-administer syringes and the Codonics Safe Label System to generate color-coded compound-specific labels, customers of... Read more

St. Barnabas is “ahead of the curve” with RIVA

Posted on October 29, 2014

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 study on cost avoidance from reducing IV preparation errors. News 12 was there to cover the story. They filmed a 2-minute... Read more

University of Arizona Study Estimates Cost Avoidances from Reducing IV Preparation Errors

Posted on October 23, 2014

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. This manual processing is complex and while pharmacies rely on visual inspections and checks during dose preparations, errors can still find... Read more

Mitigating risk with pharmacy automation

Posted on October 14, 2014

By Niels Erik Hansen, Ph.D. Evidence shows the risk of patient injury from medication errors is substantial and costly – especially errors associated with injectable medications. A first-of-its-kind study published in American Health & Drug Benefits in 2012 uncovered some sobering facts: • Adverse drug events (ADEs) from injectable medications kill up to 7,000 patients... Read more