BJC Medical Center Selects Simplifi 797 to Help with USP Chapter 797 Compliance

PRLog (Press Release) – May 06, 2008 – Bellevue, WA -- Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., software as a service provider to more than 1,000 hospitals in the United States, announced today that BJC Medical Center has adopted Simplifi 797 to simplify meeting all of the requirements of USP Chapter  for compounding sites throughout the hospital.

In a rural health facility such as BJC Medical Center, the responsibilities of each pharmacy personnel are expanded to include the clinical, administrative, staffing and physical aspects of the profession.  Although these responsibilities must be shared, the quality of each is expected to be uncompromised.

“Simplifi 797 provides our department with a way to keep real-time QA data for review without dedicating additional resources to the task,” said Michael Azzolin, Director of Pharmacy at BJC Medical Center. “The efficiency and effectiveness of this system have made the transition to USP-797 compliance effortless.”

Simplifi 797 is a web-based application that automates, integrates and streamlines the quality activities and documentation required to meet USP Chapter 797. Simplifi 797 manages task scheduling and monitoring and automates the reporting of exceptions and compliance.

“BJC Medical Center has taken a great step forward in protecting their patients with the adoption of Simplifi 797,” said Keith Streckenbach, Chief Strategy Office of Pharmacy OneSource. “Well-documented processes carried out by trained personnel with ongoing quality monitoring have been proven to reduce the likelihood of contaminated medication.”

More information about Simplifi 797 can be found at: www.simplifi797.com

About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com)
Pharmacy OneSource is pharmacy’s #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our 50 innovative team members provide best-in-class, SaaS solutions to current and future challenges within health-system pharmacy worldwide. Our SaaS solutions contribute to high performance pharmacy through better outcomes, lower costs and system-wide results. More than 1,000 healthcare organizations worldwide utilize our HIPAA compliant web-based services: Accupedia, Amplifi, Quantifi, ScheduleRx, Sentri7, Simplifi 797, and UnitStock.

About BJC Medical Center (www.bjcmc.org)
Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center consists of 90 licensed hospital beds, 167 nursing facility beds, and a staff of over 400 medical professionals that provide a range of inpatient, outpatient and long term nursing care services including 24-hour emergency services, surgical services, obstetric services, laboratory services, radiology services, physical therapy services, outpatient clinics, and other services.