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The future of pharmacy compounding

Jerry Fahrni — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:03:39 +0000

The fungal meningitis outbreak in October 2012 caused by contaminated epidural steroid injections prepared by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts has put pharmacy compounding in a less than desirable position. The result of the NECC tragedy has led too much scrutiny by the healthcare community as well as created a flurry [...]

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Talyst Attends Spring 2013 HPC – A Leading Hospital Conference

Talyst — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:06:52 +0000

KIRKLAND, Wash., May 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Talyst, a market leader in pharmacy automation, is attending the Hospital Pharmacy Spring 2013 Conference (HPC) to represent their pharmacy automation and suite of 340B solutions. Talyst’s pharmacy automation provides enterprise-wide medication management across the entire health system. Talyst offers a variety of pharmacy automation solutions, including [...]

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Talyst Partners with Bolton’s Pharmacy to Offer InSite Remote Dispensing

Talyst — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:57:31 +0000

KIRKLAND, Wash., May 8, 2013 – Talyst partners with Bolton’s Pharmacy, a privately owned pharmacy that services long-term care facilities. Bolton’s will offer the Talyst InSite Remote Dispensing System in long-term care facilities to increase efficiency and reduce medication waste and errors. Bolton’s Pharmacy offers a variety of services to ensure their customers receive the [...]

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The week in review: Healthcare trends [05 09 13]

Jerry Fahrni — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:21:32 +0000

The speed at which healthcare information becomes available can be overwhelming. While it’s impossible to read every article that’s published, there are a few that shouldn’t be missed. Here’s a list of must-read articles from this week: InformationWeek Healthcare: Meaningful Use Stage 2 Needs More Time, CHIME Says “The College of Health Information Management Executives [...]

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Pharmacists Key to Health System Savings – Part 3

Carla Corkern — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:08:48 +0000

Reducing costs in a health system is critical. I’ve often blogged about the need for hospitals to streamline their costs across all their departments. The central pharmacy is in a unique position to do this. In a recent article in Pharmacy Practice News (PPN), “More Smart Savings From ASHP Meeting,” several pharmacists discussed their methods [...]

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Community pharmacy practice remains relevant to patient care

Jerry Fahrni — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:29:52 +0000

Community pharmacy practice has been in decline for well over a decade as large chain stores have taken over where small community-based practices previously existed. But things may be changing as the importance of patient engagement is emerging as a topic of discussion in many healthcare circles. And there is no better place to engage [...]

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Have you adopted Short-Cycle Dispensing yet?

Dave Doane — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:01:42 +0000

In April 2011, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule implementing Section 3310 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, stipulating that patients living in skilled nursing facilities, receiving coverage under Medicare Part D must receive their brand name medications in supplies of 14-days-or-less. The ruling went in effect [...]

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The week in review: Healthcare trends [04 12 13]

Jerry Fahrni — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:39:22 +0000

The speed at which healthcare information becomes available can be overwhelming. While it’s impossible to read every article that’s published, there are a few that shouldn’t be missed. Here’s a list of must-read articles from this week: FierceHealthcare: For-profits outperform nonprofit, public hospitals on ED measure “For-profit hospitals have an edge over nonprofit and public [...]

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Talyst Exhibits Patient Safety Technologies at the Annual unSUMMIT Conference

Talyst — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:33:14 +0000

KIRKLAND, Wash., March 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Talyst will be exhibiting at the 2013 unSUMMIT for the Bedside Barcoding conference in Orlando, FL from April 24 – 26. This year’s conference will focus on the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Meaningful Use Criteria and how hospitals can leverage the criteria to receive [...]

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Talyst’s InSite Remote Dispensing Technology – Compliant With Short-Cycle Dispensing

Talyst — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:32:00 +0000

KIRKLAND, Mar 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Talyst’s, a market leader in pharmacy automation, supports long-term care pharmacies and facilities nationwide with its InSite Remote Dispensing System. InSite ensures long-term care pharmacies are compliant with the short-cycle dispensing mandate. InSite provides secure, remote dispensing technology for 24/7/365 access to medications. The unit enables [...]

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