Greenville Hospital System Chooses NextRx® to Improve Patient Safety
Greenville Hospital System Chooses NextRx to Improve Patient Safety through the use of the NextRx MedCache Automated Storage and Retrieval System and the NextRx NextPick Wireless Medication Verification System
Bothel, WA (PRWEB) January 27, 2005 -- NextRx Corporation, a privately held
company providing pharmacy automation solutions to hospitals, announced today
that Greenville Hospital System of Greenville, SC has signed a contract for two
MedCache™ Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems coupled with the NextPick™
Wireless Medication Verification System to be used at the Greenville Memorial
Hospital campus.
“We are pleased to form this new affiliation with NextRx
and look forward to developing a state-of-the-art medication distribution system
here at the Greenville Hospital System, said Fred Bender, Pharm.D., GHS’
Director of Pharmacy Services. “The NextRx system will allow us to develop a
more efficient medication distribution system with added safeguards for our
patients utilizing the newest innovations in bar code technology.”
The
Greenville Memorial Hospital serves as both a community hospital and a regional
referral center, offering the area's most advanced health services and medical
technology. This 710-bed hospital also serves as a regional teaching and
research facility.
"We're very excited to be working with such a great
team of people," said Dave Kowalick, President and CEO of NextRx Corporation.
"We're entering a partnership with an organization well known for being on the
forefront of patient safety initiatives using leading-edge technology." Work
teams from both GHS and NextRx are well into the planning stages and eager to
move ahead with the project. Greenville will take delivery of the first MedCache
System this year and phase in the second system when campus pharmacy facilities
are prepared for a multi-unit operation.
About Greenville Hospital
System:
Greenville Hospital System's (GHS) renowned medical team provides
world-class care through a network of five state-of-the-art campuses and several
outpatient treatment and wellness centers located throughout South Carolina's
Upstate region. For more information please visit their website at www.ghs.org.
About NextRx
Corporation:
NextRx Corporation, headquartered in Bothell, Washington,
provides automation technology to improve the accuracy and operating
efficiencies surrounding the inventory and movement of medications within the
hospital setting.
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