cover image - Pharmacy Management Software for Pharmacy Technicians: A Worktext - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323484978
Copyright: 2018
Publication Date: 09-16-2017
Page Count: 304
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $102.99

Pharmacy Management Software for Pharmacy Technicians: A Worktext - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition

by DAA Enterprises, Inc.

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Pharmacy Management Software for Pharmacy Technicians: A Worktext - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323484978
Copyright: 2018
Publication Date: 09-16-2017
Page Count: 304
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $102.99
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Help your students acquire the skills to succeed in the pharmacy, before leaving the classroom, with Pharmacy Management Software for Pharmacy Technicians, 3rd Edition. This innovative software/worktext incorporates the full version of DAA Enterprises' Visual SuperScript pharmacy management software to give students hands-on training performing the day-to-day tasks of a pharmacy technician — just as they will on the job. Expanded lab content, an updated drug database, and correlation with ASHP accreditation goals provide students with a comprehensive, current product perfect for any educational program. Easy-to-follow, step by-step instructions guide students through essential functions in community and institutional pharmacy practice. Instructor materials support easy implementation.

    • EXPANDED! Lab content teaches concepts in isolation, and then within the continuum of practice, as required by the ASHP curriculum.
    • UNIQUE! Full version of DAA Enterprises' Visual Superscript pharmacy management software reflects the practice management programs students will encounter in the workforce — and enables them to work through realistic practice scenarios.
    • UNIQUE! Fully functional patient record database corresponds to work text exercises to provide realistic practice:
      • Adding new patients
      • Determining possible adverse reactions 
      • Filling and refilling prescriptions
      • Examining a patient's prescription history
      • Identifying potential allergic reactions to drug ingredients
      • and much more

    • Content is aligned with the ASHP Curriculum Application Requirements, making it easy to prove compliance with accreditation criteria.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! New labs provide practice verifying and preparing medications for dispensing, repackaging medications, and restocking an automated dispensing cabinet through the use of bar coding technology.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! Expanded activities for Community Pharmacy Practice include nonsterile compounding with formulas, prescription verification using bar code technology, risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, online adjudication, immunizations, and investigational medications.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! Expanded activities for Institutional Pharmacy Practice include emergency preparedness, automation, narcotic inventory and management, medication reconciliation, bulk packaging, and a variety of sterile processing labs.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! Medication Safety, HIPPA, and Interdisciplinary and Team Approach Consideration boxes help ensure optimal, safe, effective patient care.
    • NEW! Introductory content provides an overview of the skills covered and how they fit into the larger practice workflow.
    • NEW! Documentation section includes new activities and forms to support DEA controlled substance reporting, medication reconciliation, medication therapy management, inventory, prior authorization, and HIPAA verification.
    • NEW! Section on additional practice settings includes labs focusing on skills that support long-term care, mail order, telepharmacy, and pharmacy benefits management.
    • UNIQUE! Institutional pharmacy coverage provides additional practice in extemporaneous compounding, total parenteral nutrition, and IV label preparation.
    • NEW! Updated drug database, patient profiles, and physicians keep learning fresh. The database includes more than 300,000 drugs, many with pill photos.
    • Work text activities and case studies walk students through essential pharmacy tasks just as they will perform them on the job.
    • Detailed screenshots, lab tips, and hints guide students throughout, helping them develop the proficiency and speed needed in pharmacy practice.
    • Study tools on the companion Evolve website provide technical support, laboratory output forms, and additional practice.
    • EXPANDED! Lab content teaches concepts in isolation, and then within the continuum of practice, for full comprehension and practice readiness.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! New labs provide practice preparing medications for dispensing, repackaging medications, and restocking an automated dispensing cabinet through the use of bar coding technology.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! Medication Safety, HIPPA, and Interdisciplinary and Team Approach Consideration boxes support optimal, safe, effective patient care.
    • NEW! Introductory content provides an overview of the skills covered and how they fit into the larger practice workflow.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! Expanded activities for Community Pharmacy Practice include nonsterile compounding with formulas, prescription verification using bar code technology, risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, online adjudication, immunizations, and investigational medications.
    • NEW and UNIQUE! Expanded activities for Institutional Pharmacy Practice include emergency preparedness, automation, narcotic inventory and management, medication reconciliation, bulk packaging, and a variety of sterile processing labs.
    • NEW! Documentation section includes new activities and forms to support DEA controlled substance reporting, medication reconciliation, medication therapy management, inventory, prior authorization, and HIPAA verification.
    • NEW! Section on additional practice settings focuses on skills that support long-term care, mail order, telepharmacy, and pharmacy benefits management.
    • NEW! Updated drug database, patient profiles, and physicians keep learning fresh. The database includes more than 300,000 drugs, many with pill photos.
  • Introduction
    1. Installing and Navigating Visual SuperScript
    2. Reinforcing Skills (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists sequential learning)
    3. Sig Abbreviation Shortcuts

    Section I: Community Pharmacy Practice
    Introduction to the Workflow of Community Pharmacy Practice

    Lab 1: Adding a Physician or Prescriber to the Database
    Lab 2: Adding a New Patient to the Database in the Community Setting
    Lab 3: Making a Change to the Patient Profile or Prescriber Information
    Lab 4: Adding Third-Party Payment Information to the Database and Reviewing Patient Plan Information
    Lab 5: Adding a Drug to the Database and Other Inventory Tasks
    Lab 6: Entering and Preparing New Prescriptions in a Community Setting
    Lab 7: Processing a New Prescription for a Patient with a Third-Party Payment Type
    Lab 8: Drug Utilization Review Using Electronic Patient Profiles
    Lab 9: Obtaining a Refill Authorization
    Lab 10: Processing a Prior Authorization
    Lab 11: Refilling, Transferring, Filling, and Prescription Reversal
    Lab 12: ePrescribing Using the eRX Feature
    Lab 13: Narcotic inventory and management
    Lab 14: Durable and Nondurable Medication Equipment and Supplies
    Lab 15 Prescription Verification Using Bar Coding Technology
    Lab 16: Emergency and Disaster Planning
    Lab 17: Medication Therapy Management
    Lab 18: Special Medications—Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (iPledge) Program
    Lab 19: Investigational Drugs and Tobacco Products
    Lab 20: Reconstitution and Flavoring Pediatric Medications
    Lab 21: Entering Immunization Syringes (Batch Preparation)

    NonSterile Compounding
    Lab 22: Extemporaneous Compounding
    Lab 23: Preparing and Processing Ointments
    Lab 24: Preparing and Processing Creams
    Lab 25: Preparing and Processing Medicated Troches (Lozenges)
    Lab 26: Preparing and Processing Compounded Oral Liquids
    Lab 27: Preparing and Processing Medicated Lollipops
    Lab 28: Preparing and Processing Capsules
    Lab 29: Preparing and Processing Gels

    Pulling the Pieces Together (Community Pharmacy Practice)
    Community Pharmacy Practice (Comprehensive Exercises)

    Section II: Institutional Pharmacy Practice
    Introduction to the Workflow of Institutional Pharmacy Practice

    Lab 30: Medication Recalls, Inventory Returns, and Disposal Considerations
    Lab 31: Repackaging Medications for an Automated Dispensing Cabinet Using Bar Coding Technology
    Lab 32: Medication Reconciliation 

    Sterile Processing
    Lab 33: Entering New Intravenous Orders
    Lab 34: Entering Total Parenteral Nutrition Orders
    Lab 35: Entering New Chemotherapy Intravenous Orders
    Lab 36: Preparing Prefilled Syringes
    Lab 37: Validation of Aseptic Technique (Using Media Fill)
    Lab 38: Validation of Hazardous Preparation Technique (Using a Chemo Preparation Training Kit)

    Pulling the Pieces Together (Institutional Pharmacy Practice)
    Institutional Pharmacy Practice (Comprehensive Exercises)

    Section III: Additional Practice Settings
    Introduction to the workflow of Long-Term Care, Mail Order, Telepharmacy, and Prescription Benefits Managers

    Lab 39: Long-Term Care (30-Day Cards): Batch Filling for a Nursing Home 
    Lab 40: Automated Strip Packaging: Batch Filling for a Nursing Home
    Lab 41: Emergency Medications (Stocking an Emergency Box or Cart)


    Section IV: Documentation
    Lab 42: HIPAA Verification Form
    Lab 43: Prior Authorization
    Lab 44: Inventory Documentation
    Lab 45: Control Substance Report
    Lab 46: Daily Prescription Log Report
    Lab 47: Customer History Report
    Lab 48: United States Drug Enforcement Administration Form
    Lab 49: Medication Therapy Management Report
    Lab 50: Medication Reconciliation Form

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