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Case Study High street pharmacist Lloydspharmacy is rolling out a new electronic dispensary system that will help prepare for the expanded role of pharmacies in healthcare over the next few years. It will be fully rolled out to all... [16 Nov 2006]
Safe scheme for online drug sales proposed
News With a growing trend for people to buy drugs online, the reliability of internet pharmacies is not guaranteed. Users will then be able to click on the logo to verify the supplier with an RPS database of registered... [07 Nov 2006]
Seven Minutes to Full Disaster Recovery for the HP NonStop System at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
White Paper The HNS system has relied on HP NonStop servers for more than 12 years and provides the highest levels of availability for around-the-clock patient drug profile information used in hospital 24 x 7 emergency departments, for adjudication... [09 Aug 2006]
Providing Quebec's Pharmacies With 24 X 7 Prescription Claims Processing
White Paper The Regie de l'Assurance Maladie du Quebec (RAMQ) is a state-owned insurance company and claims adjudicator for Quebec. The company wanted to ensure that drug prescriptions can be accurately filled and paid for at any time, day or night,... [28 Jul 2006]
No RFID mandate for US drugs - yet
News No pharmaceutical rollouts of the technology are yet planned on this side of the pond, although a number of pharmacies have been trialling the technology from supplier Aegate. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... [14 Jun 2006]
NHS hits million electronic prescriptions milestone
News The million milestone was passed this week as part of the first stage of the rollout of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), which aims to replace existing paper prescriptions used by GP surgeries and pharmacies by... [16 May 2006]
What will the office of the future look like?
News CIW's new scenario is a pharmaceutical company that interacts with many "beyond the firewall" components, such as research labs; government agencies requiring compliance; manufacturing; distribution; pharmacies; doctors;... [10 May 2006]
Pharma giant signs 'multi-million' broadband deal
News The rubber-stamping of the deal follows a successful rollout of the service to 1,000 pharmacies. Virtual network operator Sirocom has announced a multi-million pound deal with pharmaceutical wholesaler UniChem and retail... [07 Mar 2006]
RFID coming to Viagra, says Pfizer
News To read the tags, distributors and pharmacies need RFID readers, which cost a few hundred dollars each. Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, is using technology to fight back against drugs counterfeiters. The company began on 15... [09 Jan 2006]
Spammer arrested in airport on return to US
News Ironically, at the height of his powers Smith was not spamming to promote his own online pharmacies, he was spamming to promote other businesses, according to Linford. One of the world's most prolific spammers has been... [06 Jul 2005]
Medicaid's Reimbursements to Pharmacies for Prescription Drugs
White Paper About one-quarter of those amounts went to wholesalers and pharmacies to compensate them for distributing and dispensing the drugs. This paper examines recent trends in that "markup" - or the difference between the total... [05 Jul 2005]
RFID on drugs to get big release
News The pilot project was trialled at 44 pharmacies across the UK for three months and was aimed at cutting dispensing errors by ensuring the tagged product is dispensed as intended by medical personnel and its manufacturer. [27 Apr 2005]
Leveraging the Internet for HIPAA-Compliant Process Automation
White Paper Administrative and financial transactions associated with healthcare delivery make up a whopping 20% - 25% of the overall costs, making them a key focus for improving efficiency and, not incidentally, improving the bottom line of... [18 Mar 2005]
RFID on drugs: Who will pay?
News Aegate's Gill said: "We need to sort out who's going to be paying what - the manufacturer of the [pharmaceutical] products can expect to be a significant payer," adding that pharmacies may be expected to contribute,... [14 Mar 2005]
GW Taylor: Prescribing a Star Dosage - East Midlands Pharmacy Group Opts for Combination Printer From Brand Leader, Star Micronics
White Paper The group's pharmacies, located in major towns and city suburbs in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire used the SCP700 point-of-sale printers primarily for patient prescription labels, anticipating output of more than 1000... [18 Feb 2005]
