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Jeff Klein, COO of HMS. “During the grace period it will be imperative for pharmacies to understand which of those prescribers are in their system and how to transition the records.”
Manchac Hits the 100 Mark Manchac Technologies has reported that it has reached the 100th sale of its DOSIS robotic system.
With 40 employees, Manchac builds the DOSIS in its 12,000-square-foot operation in the Central Louisiana Business Incubator. The manufacturing process requires roughly six months to assemble and deliver the 3,000 components in a finished product. U.S.-based suppliers produce all but a handful of the DOSIS parts. According to Manchac’s president and co-founder, Monroe Milton, “Our DOSIS product has quickly become the benchmark for accuracy and cost-effectiveness in institutional pharmacy operations.” The DOSIS robot helps pharmacies serving nursing homes, group homes, and prisons automate 30% to 50% of their daily production. The company, located in Alexandria, La., opened its doors in 2006 with three pharmacy automation engineers backed by local private investors. Through 2009, Manchac continued to develop its product and raise private equity.
RxTran Moves Headquarters
can dial RxTran’s toll-free number to connect the customer with an interpreter.
LDM Group to Partner with Polyglot Systems Under a new partnership, LDM will provide
Polyglot’s Medication consumer medication information through its CarePoints and ScriptGuide systems. Polyglot’s Meducation content, available in several languages, comes with easy-to-understand graphics. By integrating Meducation into LDM platforms, patients can be presented with medication information they can understand, without interruption to a pharmacy’s workflow. LDM Group is a healthcare communications company that connects prescribers, pharmacists, and patients to continued on next page
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R xTran has moved its headquarters to
Medford, Ma., from Cambridge, Ma., where it had been headquartered with its parent company, Language Scientific. Language Scientific pioneered RxTran’s pharmacy software that allows pharmacists to print prescription label information for patients who do not speak English.
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