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Hospitals Nationwide Adopt Breakthrough I.V. Dose Preparation Technology to Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Costs
Citing Rising Demand for IV Room Automation Systems and Increasing Component Costs, ForHealth Technologies Increases Pricing for IntelliFill i.v. Effective December 1, 2008
| Source: ForHealth Technologies
DAYTONA BEACH, FL--(Marketwire - October 29, 2008) - ForHealth Technologies, Inc., a pioneer
in hospital pharmacy I.V. room automation technology, announced today that
it has seen a dramatic increase in demand from leading hospitals across the
United States for its breakthrough I.V. Room automation products. The
company's backlog of orders for its IntelliFill i.v. ™ high-speed
robotic I.V. dose preparation system has hit a record high, and hundreds of
US hospitals have committed to utilize IntelliFlowRx™ in the product's
first year. The company also announced that due to substantial material
cost increases, it will increase prices for IntelliFill i.v. effective
December 1. Equipment prices will increase by approximately 6%, and annual
service fees will increase by approximately 9%.
"Our products have proven themselves by preparing over 24 million patient
doses in hospitals all over the US. Leading US hospitals clearly prefer
ForHealth's I.V. room solutions," said Steve Thomas, Chairman and CEO,
ForHealth Technologies. "ForHealth has 10 years of experience, and we were
the first company to focus exclusively on I.V. room automation, first to
market with a high-speed robotic system for preparing I.V. doses, first to
market with a complete workflow automation solution for the I.V. room, and
first to market with a fully contained solution for preparing chemotherapy
I.V. doses, IntelliFillChemo."
A complete product line sets ForHealth apart:
"Automation in the I.V. room is a pronounced improvement over the outdated
mixing habits of the past," said Maria A. Summa, PharmD, BCPS, Director of
Pharmacy, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT.
"Automation optimizes our efficiency and accuracy, and that benefits both
our patients and hospital operations with a classic win/win outcome."
IntelliFill i.v. is the first high-speed robotic system to automate the
compounding and labeling of intravenous medication doses in syringes with a
combination of accuracy, reliability, and speed not possible using manual
processes.
"One of IntelliFill i.v.'s biggest safety features is the ability to track
right down to the vial and lot number that is used to prepare the
medication syringe for a patient," said Barbara McNiff, Director of
Pharmacy, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY. "This technology not only has
benefited nurses administering the medication, but has improved processes
in the pharmacy I.V. room as well."
IntelliFlowRx manages and tracks every I.V. dose. Complete visibility of
every dose eliminates the most common causes of lost doses, missed doses,
expensive dose 're-makes,' and time-consuming searches for missing doses,
while streamlining all dose compounding and checking processes. Using
IntelliFlowRx, pharmacists and I.V. room technicians are better able to
focus on patient care and safety, while hospitals save money through
reduction in drug waste, elimination of disruptions to search for doses,
and improved overall I.V. room efficiency.
"IntelliFlowRx has enabled us to avoid errors and provides an audit trail
so we can always look back at what we produced," said Toni Covato, Director
of Pharmacy, Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, FL. "We always are trying to
maximize our productivity. I'm always looking for technology or some way
to help us improve both our productivity and our safety and IntelliFlowRx
delivers on both."
About ForHealth
Founded in 1998, ForHealth Technologies delivers 21st century technology
combined with professional support to uniquely enable hospital pharmacies
to stay ahead of the growing challenges faced in preparing injectable
medications. ForHealth Technologies solutions deliver quantum-leap
improvements in key I.V. room performance metrics: accuracy, patient
safety, clinician safety, speed, cost reduction, and regulatory compliance.
ForHealth Technologies: Innovating for Your I.V. Room's Future™.