BARCELONA, Spain, Aug. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
- Phocus Rx® enhances safety and improves hospital pharmacy workflow efficiencies with real-time electronic data
warehousing and preparation history for drug traceability, retrospective reviewing, and business decision analyses for hospital
pharmacies
- Bidirectional interfaces with top electronic health records (EHR) vendors via Health Level 7 (HL7) interface, label print
feeds, or shared folders
Grifols (MCE: GRF, MCE: GRF.P and NASDAQ: GRFS), a leading global producer of plasma-derived medicines and provider of
technologies and services for hospitals, clinics, and compounding centers, announced that Phocus Rx®, a
noninvasive workflow management system for remote validation and documentation of manual intravenous compounding processes,
now interfaces with three of the top five U.S. hospital information systems (HIS) to advance gains in workflow efficiencies
and accuracy of patient-specific and batch preparations.
Phocus Rx facilitates proper preparation, remote inspection, and dose tracking in hospital pharmacies. It also enhances safety
via barcoded drug identification to prevent the use of incorrect drugs, batch recipe management with onscreen instructions, and
label printing, and minimizes the presence of wires or devices in the compounding area to provide clear images.
"Phocus Rx has always been adaptable to our clients' existing processes and many types of hoods or open compounding
environments. We are very pleased to announce that we now have HL7 order interfaces live with the industry's top EHR systems,"
said Juan Miguel Cana, General Manager for North America Sales of Grifols Hospital Division.
"Phocus Rx has the ability to receive order messages from our clients' EHR systems while outbound interfaces provide valuable
real-time information, including compounding status, National Drug Code (NDC), lot, expiration, and other data received or
created in the system directly to the EHR. We support many interface protocols including Lower Layer Protocol (LLP) sockets,
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and file-based."
The Grifols i.v. TOOLS™ portfolio of products and services, of which Phocus Rx is a part, leverages Grifols' experience in
sterile manufacturing, commitment to patient safety, and a legacy of innovation to deliver solutions to the regulatory, economic,
and safety challenges faced by today's hospital pharmacists and healthcare leaders.
About Grifols Hospital Division
Grifols Hospital Division aims to take pharmacy technology and service to new levels of flexibility, proficiency, and
accuracy with Grifols i.v.TOOLS™, a suite of scalable products and services designed to help meet the needs of pharmacies for
safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance during compounded sterile preparation production. i.v.TOOLS™ includes:
- KIRO® Oncology and KIRO® SP robotics for automated compounding of sterile preparations
- Misterium® cleanrooms, equipment, and engineering services
- Phocus® Rx IV workflow management systems
- Gri-Fill® semi-automated compounder
- DOSI-FUSER® single-use, continuous-infusion devices
About Grifols
For more than 75 years, Grifols has worked to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are a
global healthcare company that produces essential plasma medicines for patients and provides hospitals, pharmacies, and
healthcare professionals with the tools, information and services they need to help them deliver expert medical care.
Our three divisions—Bioscience, Diagnostic, and Hospital—develop, produce, and market innovative products and services
available in more than 100 countries. Headquartered in Barcelona, Grifols has nearly 15,000
employees in 30 countries. With a network of approximately 180 donation centers in the U.S., we are the world leader in
plasma collection and a leading producer of plasma medicines used to treat rare, chronic and, at times, life-threatening
conditions. As a recognized leader in transfusion medicine, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of products designed to support
safety from donation through transfusion.
In 2016, Grifols' sales exceeded 4 million euros. Grifols We demonstrates our commitment to
advancing healthcare by allocating a significant portion of our annual income to research and development.
The company's class A shares are listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange, where they are part of the Ibex-35 (MCE:GRF). Grifols'
non-voting class B shares are listed on the Mercado Continuo (MCE:GRF.P) and on the US NASDAQ via ADRs (NASDAQ: GRFS).
For more information, visit grifols.com.
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