DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ForHealth Technologies Inc., a leader in automated devices for intravenous drug preparation, announced today that St. Joseph Mercy Hospital of Ann Arbor, Mich., will install and use ForHealth's i.v. pharmacy robotic technology IntelliFill i.v. to place additional emphasis on patient safety and efficiency.
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"We are delighted that St. Joseph Mercy Hospital has placed its confidence in ForHealth's IntelliFill i.v. device to advance the safety and efficiency of its pharmacy operations," said Rod Wolford, chairman and CEO of ForHealth Technologies, Inc. "Looking ahead, the IntelliFill i.v. system will no doubt have a major impact on St. Joseph's quality of care, and we are very proud to be working with them in a collaborative effort that benefits the entire Ann Arbor community."
IntelliFill i.v. automates the compounding and labeling of intravenous doses in syringes at speeds that can only be achieved through automated processes. By employing bar code scanning, vision systems and weight confirmation steps, and by providing final products that are identified with barcodes, IntelliFill i.v. reduces medication errors. Furthermore, by providing a Class 10 compounding environment, IntelliFill i.v. assures that the final i.v. product produced is of the highest quality. The system also promotes long-term hospital cost savings by preparing the final intravenous products in a syringe instead of an i.v. bag.
"ForHealth is deeply committed to patient safety at every level of hospital operations," Wolford said. "With over three million patient-use syringes prepared in hospitals by our IntelliFill i.v. robots, we understand the rigorous requirements for accuracy, productivity and sterility faced by hospitals. ForHealth's innovations are setting new standards for hospital pharmacies in patient safety, cost efficiency and compliance with new regulations such as U.S. Pharmacopoeia (797). With over 24 U.S. patents in process, ForHealth is clearly well positioned to continue to bring technological innovation to the i.v. compounding process."
A growing list of major healthcare organizations have purchased and installed IntelliFill i.v., including Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Texas; Spectrum Health of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Children's Hospital and Clinics in Minneapolis, Minn.; Providence Healthcare of Portland, Ore.; Ft. Walton Beach Medical Center of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; St. Vincent Health Center of Erie, Pa.; Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center of Hartford, Conn.; Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Columbus Children's Hospital of Columbus, Ohio..
About ForHealth Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1998, ForHealth Technologies, Inc. (http://www.fhtinc.com/), a leader in automated devices for intravenous drug preparation, is committed to increasing patient safety and decreasing operating costs by automating the preparation of small-volume injectable medications in healthcare organizations worldwide. Offering safety, accuracy, efficiency and reliability, our IntelliFill i.v. automates the preparation of IV syringes, greatly enhancing both the safety of patients and the efficiency of hospital pharmacies.
About St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
From its humble beginnings in a house with 17 beds to the 341-acre hospital campus in Superior Township, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital has remained true to the mission and values of its sponsors: to serve the healthcare needs of the community. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital is a 529-bed academic teaching hospital and tertiary care center, which offers a "community hospital" setting and feeling. As a tertiary hospital, it provides specialized care that is typically not available at a community hospital. As a leading teaching hospital, its staff of physicians and nurses have extensive training in a variety of specialty programs, such as cardiology, oncology, surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room and trauma, women's health, and geriatrics.
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