SPARTANBURG, S.C. — J M Smith Corp. has named A. Alan Turfe as chairman and chief executive officer, succeeding William Cobb, who is retiring. The pharmaceutical distribution, health care and technology company — whose businesses include Smith Drug Co., QS/1, Integral Solutions Group, RxMedic Systems, Integra LTC Solutions and Burlington Drug Co. — said Wednesday
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Pharmacy technology provider QS/1 is taking part in a pilot to enhance community pharmacists’ ability to provide integrated clinical services to patients. Called the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN), the project aims to develop a system to enable health care providers and pharmacies to devise care plans for patients that can
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — QS/1 said it’s the first pharmacy management software provider to integrate partner with Appriss Health’s NARxCHECK into a pharmacy’s workflow. An analytics solution, NARxCHECK helps fight prescription drug abuse by giving pharmacies real-time access to data gathered by prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), QS/1 noted, adding that the integration comes as more states
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — QS/1 has released an interface that integrates its workflow process with FDS Inc.’s eNGAGE patient management platform. QS/1 said Wednesday that enabling eNGAGE Alert functionality within the QS/1 NRx and PrimeCare pharmacy management systems brings more convenience and added patient detail. The QS/1 pharmacy systems provide color-coded adherence measures and hyperlinks directly
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — QS/1 has become the first pharmacy management software vendor to be able to interface with SureMed by Omnicell Guided Packing software. QS/1 said this week that its interface eliminates the need for entering information twice and enables pharmacists to focus on patient-focused activities because of greater confidence in the accuracy of their
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — QS/1 has earned certification to process the chip-embedded credit cards via payment technology service provider Global Payments Inc. The pharmacy and health care solution provider said Monday that the Global Payments approval enables pharmacies using QS/1 technology and hardware to accept and authenticate the EMV chip cards. Europay, MasterCard and Visa EMV-compliant
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — QS/1 this week launched SharpRx, which the company described as the next generation of pharmacy management software. The pharmacy technology provider said SharpRx gives small chain and independent and pharmacies a more efficient way to fill prescriptions and bill third-party insurance, in turn enabling faster customer service. The software brings touchscreen capability,
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — J M Smith Corp. has acquired pharmacy-related technology products and services offered by Integra NV and will manage them as a subsidiary called Integra LTC Solutions LLC. J M Smith said Tuesday that the acquisition, financial terms of which weren’t disclosed, will further enable the company to leverage best practices and explore
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Pharmacy automation provider QS/1 has partnered with Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) to help sharpen coordination among health care providers. QS/1 said its Pharmacy Management Systems have been enhanced to exchange information with CCNC’s PHARMACeHOME software, used to conduct medication reconciliation to manage the care of Medicaid recipients in North Carolina. To
