Western Regional Medical Center Selects Simplifi 797 to Increase Safety for Chemotherapy Compounding

Feb. 2, 2009 - PRLog -- Bellevue, WA -- Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., software as a service provider to more than 1,300 hospitals in the United States, announced today that Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Western Regional Medical Center has adopted Simplifi 797 to simplify meeting all of the requirements of USP Chapter  for compounding sites throughout the hospital.

"At Cancer Treatment Centers of America we are committed to providing the highest quality cancer care to the patients we serve," said Krystal Hicks, Director of Pharmacy, Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Western Regional Medical Center. "We're excited to have this new software as it increases the safety of our patients and protects our healthcare employees by providing quality assurance with back-up systems, which reduce errors and limit the toxicity of chemotherapy."

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 for environmental monitoring and automates the reporting of exceptions and compliance.

"Simplifi 797 helps hospitals easily implement a robust quality control program. Western Regional Medical Center has taken a great step forward in protecting their patients with the adoption of Simplifi 797," said Keith Streckenbach, Chief Strategy Officer at Pharmacy OneSource.

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

About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com)
Pharmacy OneSource is healthcare's #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our more than 70 innovative team members provide best-in-class, SaaS solutions to current and future challenges within health-systems worldwide. Our SaaS solutions contribute to swift and safe healthcare through earlier, easier and better access to data. More than 1,300 healthcare organizations worldwide utilize our HIPAA compliant web-based services: Accupedia, Amplifi, Quantifi, ScheduleRx, Sentri7, Simplifi 797, and UnitStock.

About Cancer Treatment Centers of America (www.cancercenter.com)
Founded in 1988, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) is a network of cancer treatment hospitals and community oncology programs in Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington and Arizona. CTCA provides a comprehensive, patient-centered treatment model that fully integrates conventional, state-of-the-art medical treatments with scientifically-supported complementary therapies such as nutrition, naturopathic medicine, psychological counseling, physical therapy and spiritual support to meet the special, whole-person needs of cancer patients with complex and advanced-stage disease. CTCA encourages patients and their families to participate in treatment decisions through its Patient Empowerment MedicineSM model.  For more information about Cancer Treatment Centers of America, go to cancercenter.com.