Pharmacy OneSource and King Guide Publications Announce Content Alliance

January 22, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Health News
MADISON, WI, and NAPA, CA — Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. and King Guide Publications, Inc. today announced they have forged a content alliance designed to bring significant medication safety and cost benefits to health systems, home infusion companies, and other healthcare organizations. Under the alliance, Pharmacy OneSource will make the complete Internet edition of the King® Guide to Parenteral Admixtures® available as part of its IV (Intravenous) Edition of its leading electronic drug reference, Drug Info OneSource.

As a result health systems, home infusion companies, and other healthcare organizations have a complete suite of drug information exceeding JCAHO standards accessible through one source - saving valuable physician, nurse and pharmacist time while improving patient care and safety.

Pharmacy OneSource is a pioneer in developing database-driven, web applications which help pharmacists make well-informed decisions to improve patient care, reduce medication errors and to lower the costs of providing quality care. Pharmacy OneSource's unique relationship with nearly 40,000 pharmacy professionals and its nimble team of programmers accelerates its development of resources pertinent to pharmacy and user interfaces unmatched in their ease and speed-of-use. Pharmacy OneSource has more than 200 healthcare organizations coast-to-coast as customers of its applications. 

Pharmacy OneSource offers Formulary OneSource, Drug Info OneSource, Drug Info OneSource IV, and will soon offer MTM OneSource, Pharmacy Returns OneSource and Clinical Interventions OneSource. Each provides elegant, yet affordable solutions to challenges faced by the pharmacy profession.

"Pharmacy OneSource has a proven track-record in delivering high-value, high-demand applications to the pharmacy profession," said Misha Hudnell, Chief Operating Officer of King Guide Publications, Inc. "We look forward to expanding our scope of success with Pharmacy OneSource across its customer base."

Keith Streckenbach, President and CEO of Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., said, "We are excited at this opportunity of working closely with King Guide. With this alliance, Pharmacy OneSource will be providing pharmacists the quickest access to world class drug information and the most complete parenteral admixture information available. It is a compelling value proposition to customers nationwide."

About King Guide
The King Guide® to Parenteral Admixtures® has been the standard in intravenous compatibility and stability information since 1971. Today, pharmacists, doctors, and nurses worldwide rely upon the "King Guide" to provide the most complete information available. To keep pace with rapidly changing data, the King Guide is updated quarterly, and exceeds JCAHO expectations for up-to-date references. With over 400 fully referenced parenteral drug monographs, the King Guide is the most complete injectable drug compatibility reference available. (learn more http://www.kingguide.com)

About Pharmacy OneSource
Over 39,000 pharmacy professionals actively use products and services offered by Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. PharmacyOneSource.com is the largest and fastest growing privately-held resource site for pharmacists in the United States. It helps pharmacists make well-informed decisions to improve patient care, reduce medication errors and to lower the costs of providing such care. The most popular resources are patient-safety focused resources, Formulary OneSource and Drug Info OneSource. (learn more at http://www.pharmacyonesource.com)

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