ComputerTalk For The Pharmacist

ComputerTalk Publisher Bill Lockwood talks to Lisa Miller, current president of the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP), about the accomplishments of the organization and the benefit of membership, the ASAP Prescription Drug Program Monitoring program reporting standard, and the ASAP 2024 Conference.

ComputerTalk Publisher Bill Lockwood sits down with Patrick and Eric Davis to hear about the focus of Pontem Health Solutions, located in the Pittsburgh metro area, and their system Patient Health Flow (PHF). Patrick is director of operations and Eric is the finance director.

Many external factors control the potential of the application of artificial Intelligence (AI) for pharmacies in patient care, business applications, and regulatory compliance programming. Read about the areas in which pharmacies should be looking to apply AI.

In this interview with ComputerTalk, Alexander Miguel, Pharm.D., chief operating officer for Transaction Data Systems, explains how a new dashboard gives TDS customers quick access to $1 million worth of revenue opportunities from clinical services.

Learn how augmented intelligence makes it easier and faster for pharmacy staff to do their jobs while keeping control in their hands. DrFirst's David Sellars talks about how the increased use of clinical-grade AI, or artificial intelligence, as a part of augmented intelligence will free up your pharmacy staff to do more of what drew them to the profession in the first place, including counseling patients and collaborating with other clinicians so patients achieve the best results from their medications.

ScriptMed® and Inovalon’s DataStream can support pharmacies as they pursue new opportunities in patient care. Karen Silverblatt, VP of Business Development for pharmacy at Inovalon, talks about how the company developed the next generation of ScriptMed®: a fully cloud-based specialty pharmacy management solution. She also talks about the significance of access to the right data at the point of care, and how ScriptMed and Inovalon’s DataStream can support pharmacies as they pursue new opportunities in patient care.

Here are the action steps that your pharmacy needs to take to be able to receive Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) advance shipment notices as product leaves your supplier’s warehouse to ensure you accurately receive the prescription products you ordered, including why you need to register your pharmacy with GS1 to set up a Global Location Number (GLN) and Serialized GLN (SGLN).

How a technology-driven approach provides purchasing analytics and regulatory support and aids in identifying profit-enhancing opportunities in areas such as DSCSA (Drug Supply Chain Security Act) regulatory compliance, reimbursement and cost of goods, prime vendor agreement management, GPO and other contract maintenance, and more.

ComputerTalk Publisher Bill Lockwood sits down with Kevin Minassian, president of Datascan Pharmacy Software, located in Bohemia, N.Y., to hear about the keys to the success of his company.

Randy Hoggle, B.Pharm., D.Ph., M.B.A., managing director of Advasur’s DSCSA Compliance Services Resource Center talks about Advasur’s solution for DSCSA (Drug Supply Chain Security Act)compliance.

Jeremy Manchester, president of Liberty Software, tells us how his company is helping independent pharmacies improve day-to-day operations and why Liberty is focusing on multilocation independent pharmacy.