Health System Drug Information Customers to Benefit from
Seamless Integration of King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures With Drug Info
OneSourceMADISON, Wisc., and NAPA, Cali. -- Jan. 21, 2005
-- Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. and King Guide Publications,
Inc.. today announced they have forged content alliance designed to bring
significant medication safety and cost benefits to health systems, home infusion
companies, and other healthcare organizations. Under the alliance, Pharmacy
OneSource will make the complete Internet edition of the King® Guide to
Parenteral Admixtures® as part of its IV (Intravenous) Edition of its
leading electronic drug reference, Drug Info OneSource.
As a result health systems, home infusion companies, and other
healthcare organizations have a complete suite of drug information exceeding
JCAHO standards accessible through one source - saving valuable physician, nurse
and pharmacist time.
Pharmacy OneSource is a pioneer in developing database-driven,
web applications which help pharmacists make well-informed decisions to improve
patient care, reduce medication errors and to lower the costs of providing such
care. Pharmacy OneSource’s unique relationship with nearly 40,000 pharmacy
professionals and its nimble team of programmers accelerates its development of
resources pertinent to pharmacy with user interfaces unmatched in their ease and
speed-of-use. Pharmacy OneSource has more than 200 healthcare organizations
coast-to-coast as customers of its applications.
Pharmacy OneSource offers Formulary OneSource, Drug Info
OneSource, Drug Info OneSource IV, and will soon offer MTM OneSource, Pharmacy
Returns OneSource and Clinical Interventions OneSource. All designed as elegant
yet affordable solutions to challenges faced by the pharmacy profession.
"Pharmacy OneSource has a proven track-record in delivering
high-value, high-demand applications to the pharmacy profession," said Misha
Hudnell, COO of the King Guide Publications, Inc. "We look forward to expanding
our scope of success with Pharmacy OneSource across its customer base."
Keith Streckenbach, President and CEO of Pharmacy OneSource,
Inc., said, "We are excited at this opportunity of working closely with King
Guide. With this alliance, Pharmacy OneSource will be providing customers the
quickest access to world class drug information and the most complete parenteral
admixture information available. It is a compelling value proposition to
customers nationwide."
About King Guide
The King Guide® to Parenteral Admixtures® has been the
standard in intravenous compatibility and stability information since 1971.
Today, pharmacists, doctors, and nurses worldwide rely upon the "King Guide" to
provide the most complete information available. To keep pace with rapidly
changing data, the King Guide is updated quarterly, and exceeds JCAHO
expectations for up-to-date references. With over 400 fully referenced
parenteral drug monographs, the King Guide is the most complete injectable drug
compatibility reference available. (learn more
http://www.kingguide.com)
About Pharmacy OneSource
Over 39000 pharmacy professionals actively use products and
services offered by Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. PharmacyOneSource.com is the
largest and fastest growing privately-held resource site for pharmacists in the
United States. It helps pharmacists make well-informed decisions to improve
patient care, reduce medication errors and to lower the costs of providing such
care. The most popular resources are patient-safety focused resources, Formulary
OneSource and Drug Info OneSource. (learn more
http://www.pharmacyonesource.com)
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