Spartanburg, SC — March 24, 2004 — QS/1 Data Systems, the leading provider of software for pharmacies, announced its first hosted Application Service Provider (ASP) solution for hospital pharmacies and long term care facilities, PrimeCare OnDemand. This PrimeCare OnDemand solution is based on QS/1’s PrimeCare software, which is in use in over 500 long term care facilities nationwide. QS/1’s approach is about providing hospital pharmacies and long-term care facilities with additional pharmacy management implementation choices while allowing the pharmacy staff to spend more time focusing on patient care.
QS/1 hosts PrimeCare OnDemand in multiple data centers to provide redundant networks, power, equipment and data back-up. By allowing QS/1 to store data in redundant data centers, pharmacists can eliminate their worry over losing valuable customer data due to power outages, network or equipment failures. In addition, PrimeCare OnDemand hosted solution eliminates server maintenance, resulting in increased productivity and more time for pharmacists to provide quality service to their customers.
Features provided to PrimeCare OnDemand customers, such as workflow management tools and bar code scanning, will increase accuracy in the hospital pharmacy and long-term care facility. PrimeCare OnDemand also includes facility management tools, financial management capabilities, inventory control, medical records and reports to provide an efficient solution for the pharmacy staff.
“QS/1’s PrimeCare OnDemand is a low-cost, efficient and user-friendly solution,” said Tina Moeller with Pharmacy Operations at Gericare Rx. “We were particularly impressed with the training that QS/1 provided for PrimeCare OnDemand. With the pharmacy ever-changing, we are confident knowing that QS/1 will be on top of technological changes so that we can continue to focus solely on providing quality patient care.”
QS/1 provides the server software installation and configuration support. They also monitor and manage the servers to ensure that customers always have the most up-to-date software. In addition, QS/1 provides all PrimeCare OnDemand customers with automatic price updates, clinical updates, virus updates, claims transmission and software maintenance. No customer IT resources are required to use this solution since QS/1 handles all the systems and software maintenance, monitoring and management.
QS/1, a leading provider for pharmacy software, serves more than 9,000 customers in independent pharmacies, drug/food chain pharmacies, institutional pharmacies, hospital outpatient pharmacies and HME businesses. QS/1 is a division of the J M Smith Corporation; the third largest privately held company in South Carolina. For additional information, visit the QS/1 website at www.qs1.com.
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