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74 DRUG TOPICS MAY 12, 2008 www.drugtopics.com TECHNOLOGY UPDATE Reid Paul Calif. board delays e-pedigree rule until 2011 he California Board of Pharmacy recently decided to delay implementing its electronic pedigree requirements until 2011. Still, the board was clear in its March meeting that it expected pharmaceutical companies, wholesalers, and pharmacies to continue to prepare for the rule’s implementation. Originally the e-pedigree requirements were slated to start January 1, 2009, but despite a long lead time for the rule, many companies have told the board that they would not be ready in time. The slower-than-expected pace of adoption of radio frequency indentification (RFID) technologies has been one of the many issues that have bogged down the adoption of e-pedigree technologies. Companies also complained that they needed additional time to test their systems and work with supply-chain partners. The board did not discuss whether it would extend the deadline to allow existing inventory an additional two years beyond the 2011 compliance date to sell through the supply chain. T dosing are required and small miscalculations can cause significant problems,” stated Jeff Ferranti, M.D., M.S., director of pediatric informatics and computerized patient safety initiatives at Duke. Keystone state creates IT framework Governor Edward G. Rendell has signed an executive order creating the Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange (PHX), a framework to support statewide interoperable electronic health records and electronic prescribing data. The system is designed to bring together data from various systems and make it easier to share patient data with healthcare providers. “Giving clinicians access to data about their patients’ care by other providers will result in fewer medical errors and better continuity of care,” Governor Rendell said. “And reporting of vital statistics and diseases will be more efficient and complete.” Novel approach seeks to prevent errors Traceless Seeking to eliminate medication errors, Drug Index Safety System (drugindexsafetysystem.com) has deMed-Health Pharma, a prescription drug repackager, veloped a device, which makes it more difficult to take has begun using Kodak’s (www.kodak.com) Trace- the wrong medication from a drug cabinet. The system less System to place invisible markers on its prevents drugs from being put in packages to distinguish genuine prescription the wrong compartment of a drug drugs from counterfeits. The markers are fostorage cabinet by means of pegs rensically undetectable, and can be placed on that allow only a properly configprinted materials or product packaging. The ured compartment to be placed Traceless system has also been used to prevent in the cabinet. In addition, each counterfeiting for consumer electronics. vial of medication is fitted with Drug Index Safety System a holder that is unique to each Duke implements dosing system drug type. The holders have ample A year after it first rolled out McKesson provider Tech- space for proper labeling, bar codes, and RFID tags. The nologies’ (www.mckesson.com) Horizon Expert Orders company claims the system prevents stocking errors. solution, Duke University Hospital has moved into the next phase of the technology upgrade with McKesson’s NIH funds “smart” compliance program Advanced Dosing solution. Now more than 2,000 Following on the heels of funding from the National clinicians at Duke use the system to place more than Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health 10,000 prescription orders daily. Advanced Dosing not National Institute on Aging has awarded Leap of Faith only offers patient-specific recommendations, but also Technologies (www.emedonline.com) a grant of close includes dose calculators and rounding algorithms tai- to $1 million to develop the eMedonline solution for lored to the indication for the medication. “We believe medication compliance. eMedonline uses cellphones to this Advanced Dosing solution has the potential to be gather data from RFID tags on medication packages, of particular relevance in pediatric and neonatal units to ensure patients are taking the right drug at the right where specialized approaches to weight- and age-based time, while tracking health status. Bringing anticounterfeiting into focus http://www.drugtopics.com http://drugindexsafetysystem.com http://www.kodak.com http://www.mckesson.com http://www.emedonline.com

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Drug Topics - May 12, 2008 Contents Latebreakers Letters R.Ph.s Say More Needs to be Done to Prevent Pediatric Drug Errors There's a New School of Thought on Use of Beta-Blockers for Hypertension Cover Story Guest Spot Letters Clinical Practice Special Report Professional Practice Broad Label for New Leukemia Therapy Looks Promising Treating Asthma During Pregnancy Safer than Not, Says New Guide In the Pipeline Clinical Q&A APhA Leader's Plan to Leave Office Takes Center Stage at its Conference Policies Passed at a Glance Giving a Talk to the Community? Check Out These Materials This Foundation has Funds to Spare JP at Large Cover Story: Employers and R.Ph.S: A Win-Win Combo FDA's Ilisa Bernstein Discusses Pharmacy Affairs Legal Q&A Manufacturers Unleash a Rash of Poison Ivy Treatments Are OTC Cold Remedies Safe for Kids? Probiotics are All the Rage: How You Can Capitalize on It CMS' Prices for Round One of DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Raising Concerns CVS Caremark's Mentoring Program Recruits and Retains R.Ph.s Antibiotic Resistance Among Community Pathogens Technology Update New Products Advertisers Index Classified Viewpoint

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