20 WAYS improving patient care & pharmacy cost containment Coumadin® Management Software by Pharmafile Solutions Inc. Pharmafile’s Coumadin® Management Software saves time and improves patient safety by employing priority patient settings and electronic communications with patients and their healthcare providers. Winter 201 1 issue I heal th system • infusion 53 President: Claude Farrier Founded: 2004 Employees: <50 Phone: (866) 944-0854 Address: 440-8250 Decarie Boulevard Montreal, Canada H4P 2P5 Website: www.pharma-file.com Email: cfarrier@pharma-file.com Company Background Pharmafile Solutions Inc is a technology company serving healthcare providers in North America and Asia since 2004. Our areas of expertise include: • Coumadin® dosing software • Patient education videos which cover the top 18 chronic diseases • Patient education videos which demostrate how to properly use devices such as metered-dose inhalers, Epipen®, Handihaler®, spacers, nasal sprays, nitro pumps etc. • Our Coumadin® software is used by more than 300 hospitals and clinics in North America, is EMR compatible, and HIPAA compliant. Product Overview Our software follows the logical steps of any Coumadin® clinic: Step 1: Access the list of patients who have an INR test due for a given day. • This list provides all patients due that day, as well as any patients who had an appointment in the past but who did not come. This provides a safety net by making sure that patients who forgot their appointment are flagged. Step 2: PT/INR Value entered, either manually or electronically via HL7 interface. • An entry can be done by staff/electronically, OR by the patient via the web if self-testing. • Each patient can be given a unique access and any value provided is entered directly into the patient file to be processed. The patient then sees what the clinician determined as new dosage. Step 3: Dosage Adjustment • Easy-to-use adjustment tools can be used, and even automatic entries programmed by users. Protocols are available and custom ones can be added. Step 4: Communication of New Dosages • Daily dosage regiments in PDF format can be created and sent to the patient, caregivers or other healthcare providers directly from the application either by email or using our internal fax service. Not paper to print, fax to send, acknowledgements to wait for, all done digitally. Key Product Benefits & Features • SMS/Text reminder service (reminds what tablet to take each day, as well as appointment dates) • Web-enabled and can be accessed from any computer which has an Internet connection. • HL7/EMR interface • Installation on hospital servers • Internal fax service (price per page sent) • Custom reports • Simple to learn, simple to use - One 90-minute training session is all which is needed to learn how to use the software. • Excellent support - Our experienced staff is using state-ofthe art technologies to provide phone support and training. Using remote desktop management applications we can show different functionalities or train new staff easily. Testimonials “Our Coumadin clinic follows approximately 1000 patients. This program takes the guesswork out of calculating doses, making it safer for our patients. By automating much of the information it makes us more efficient, and shortens the time we need to care for patients. We particularly like the daily dosage sheets, which patients also like a lot as they find them easy to read and follow.’’ –– Charles Pollick, MD, LA Cardiology Associates “This software cut our patient management time by more than 50%. It is intuitive and best of all it takes us no time to train new staff. The Pharmafile team is very professional, answers all our questions and constantly proposes solutions.’’ –– Al Lauziere RPh, Hospital Pharmacist Additional Product Lines • Patient Education Videos on iPads • www.smartinteractions.com Key Clients Hospitals, Medical Clinics, Community Pharmacies Markets Served Any health provider including hospitals, medical clinics, pharmacies. Pricing Coumadin® Management Software is available via an affordable, annual license. Price is based on the number of concurrent users (not number of patients).
20Ways Winter 2011 Issue: Health System - Infusion
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