We’re back with our next edition of Rpharmy Rounds, and today we are talking toilets. An interesting question came up on one of our clients’ Rhazdrugs demo they conducted for nursing (you can read about some of the questions they asked here).  One nurse asked how they know whether they need to isolate a patient from others or if they can use the same toilet. 

In an article from the Oncology Nursing Society, they highlight why it is important to communicate these instructions to nurses because many hazardous drugs can lead to bathroom contamination.  They conducted a project to examine contamination in both a patient and staff bathroom.  You can read more about their testinghere. 

We’re back with our next story in Rpharmy Rounds. Today, we want to tell you a story about QR codes. Do you all remember the commercial during Super Bowl LVI with the bouncing QR code like a DVD logo meme? Based on this article, it was so popular that it crashed the app.

🎶 Approving new drugs with the help of Rpharmy, designated person, it’s a party.  🎶 

I’ll stop singing through the screen and welcome you back to the next Rpharmy Rounds.  Today, we wanted to share a story that gave us a laugh.   

We spoke with a client recently who is the “approver” for his health system’s hazardous drug list. This health system has over 300 hazardous drugs on its Rhazdrugs site and adds 10-50 new drugs every year. Since joining us as an Rhazdrugs customer back in 2019, they’ve already completed their initial annual approval process, as this is part of our build. 

Hi folks!  We’ve always described our mission as a community of pharmacists sharing best practices to improve the practice of pharmacy.  We’re always asking questions because we want to know YOUR stories.   

In the spirit of sharing, we’re introducing a new series called “Rpharmy Rounds” where we share stories from your peers about their pain points, successes, and innovations.  We only learn and grow when we push ourselves outside of our comfort zones and know when to ask for help.  We can’t wait to share some of the things we’ve heard from healthcare leaders.

At Rpharmy, we place the highest value on our customer relationships.  If you know us, we’re always asking you what makes your day-to-day tedious so that we can alleviate that pain. This is how both Formweb and Rhazdrugs were created (check out how we got started here)!  Naturally, when a new customer joined the Formweb family recently, we wanted to know what we were doing right and what we could do to make their lives easier. 

During a recent visit with a health system implementing Formweb, they shared why they chose Formweb and the main differences they noticed between our software and their previous formulary management solution.  

Here are our top 4 takeaways from that conversation.

How many hours do you estimate it would take a mid-sized hospital staff to create and manage a hazardous drugs database manually?