Patient Safety and Pharmacy Productivity Gets a Big Boost from Sentri7 by Pharmacy OneSource

Bellevue, Wash. (December 4, 2006) — Hospital pharmacists serve a critical role as guardians of patients’ well-being… providing constant surveillance of data such as renal function, medication interactions and microbiology results. One common warning sign pharmacists look for is worsening renal function, which uncaught leads to medication overdose and other serious side effects. "Profile review prevents errors, reduces length of stay, and ensures optimal use of medications," said Charles Westergard, RPh, MBA, VP of Product Design at Pharmacy OneSource.

Profile review is essential, but in most cases it is very time consuming - often performed at the expense of other clinical initiatives that reduce costs, improve outcomes and improve patient safety.

In a recent Pharmacy OneSource survey with more than 1,000 data points, nearly 90% of respondents reported spending an hour or more each day performing med+lab profile reviews. By automating the collection and assessment of medication and laboratory data, Sentri7 provides decision support for pharmacists, freeing time for them intervene and to carry out additional medication management activities which reduce costs, improve outcomes and patient safety.

Sentri7 by Pharmacy OneSource significantly reduces the time required to perform medication and laboratory profile reviews, cutting an hour or more out of a pharmacist's clinical workload each day. Sentri7 is a web-based rules engine that constantly screens medication, patient and laboratory data from disparate systems and then presents results on a secure, HIPAA compliant, personalized web page. Sentri7 is the first of its kind specifically designed for pharmacists. Sentri7 also integrates seamlessly with Quantifi by Pharmacy OneSource to facilitate speedy documentation of clinical activities and executive level reporting with drill-down detail.

Setting up Sentri7 doesn't take a computer science degree either! With Sentri7 decision support rules are created on the fly or in advance so only patients who require a particular pharmacist's intervention are shown… while all patients get reviewed. Examples of rules that can be set up in Sentri7 include: Antibiotic review when culture and sensitivity reports come back, Medicare CMS quality indicators like surgical prophylaxis stopped 24 hours after surgery, and more.

Sentri7 made its world introduction at the 41st ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting today. Response by the pharmacy profession has been outstanding.

For more information visit PharmacyOneSource.com.

About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com)
Pharmacy OneSource is pharmacy's #1 documentation and formulary software as a service provider. More than 1,000 healthcare organizations in the U.S. utilize one or more of our HIPAA compliant web-based applications: Accupedia, Amplifi, ScheduleRx, Sentri7, Simplifi 797, Quantifi, and UnitStock. Our applications address challenges with: JCAHO medication management, USP 797 compliance, clinical documentation, financial performance, staff scheduling, communications, formulary management, clinical decisions and patient safety.

Contacts:
Keith Streckenbach, Executive Vice President, Business Development
Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. 800-654-8395 ext. 135