Pharmacy Technology

FORT WORTH, Texas — Pharmacy claims switching and routing solutions company eRx Network on Tuesday named an industry veteran as its CEO. Mark Doerr joins the former Change Healthcare company from Giant Eagle, where he oversaw pharmacy enterprise solutions, merchandising, managed care and specialty for the company’s more than 200 pharmacies.

DALLAS — Medical claims billing, Medicare compliance and pharmacy patient engagement solutions company OmniSYS recently added to its suite of pharmacy solutions. The company acquired voiceTech, bringing the Fusion-Rx platform into the company’s fold.

OREM, Utah — Suncrest Solutions in partnership with EZ-RFID introduced the HangRx/p-link automated light guided will-call system.

Using radio frequency ID, this patented system easily converts existing the hangup bag will call system to a highly efficient, automated light guided will call, a win-win for pharmacists and patients, according to the company. “With integrations and relationships in today’s top pharmacy management systems, upgrading your will call doesn’t get any easier,” stated Suncrest.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Innovation will provide Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience to students enrolled in the Binghamton University School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences beginning with the fall class of 2017.

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Cardinal Health was named the winner of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance’s 2017 Distribution Management award for its ergonomically friendly and timesaving upright refrigerated unit. The annual award was presented at the 2017 Distribution Management Conference here.

SAN FRANCISCO – McKesson and Change Healthcare Holdings on Thursday announced the completion of their previously-announced agreement to create a new healthcare information technology company. The new company is named Change Healthcare and combines substantially all of CHC’s business and the majority of McKesson Technology Solutions.

JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Innovation has enhanced its PharmASSIST Symphony for High Volume to add customer-inspired features designed to further increase productivity and prescription throughput at central fill pharmacy sites.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Omnicell launched its VBM 200F, which includes an automated multimed packing solution intended to assist pharmacists in improving their patients’ medication adherence. The new product, which expands Omnicell’s medication adherence portfolio, specifically has an automated system for filling and checking its SureMed by Omnicell multimed blister cards.