Pharmacy Technology

Drug Store News recently caught up with Doyle Jensen, EVP global business development at pharmacy automation company Innovation to talk about the company's offerings for pharmacies looking to move toward a high-volume central-fill solution.

Value-based care is driving a number of positive trends within the retail pharmacy sector.

JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Pharmacy technology solutions company Innovation on Wednesday introduced RxCollect, a robotic prescription collation technology that allows central fill and mail-order pharmacies using Single Piece Flow Processing to automate the collection of patient-specific group, as well as multi-vial orders.

Though VoicePort’s best-known offering is its PharmaPhonetics platform — which provides multichannel, automated and personalized communications to help pharmacies engage with patients — the Rochester, N.Y.-based company has expanded its offerings as the pharmacist’s role has expanded beyond filling prescriptions to helping patients lead healthy lives.

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