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ScriptCenter Helps Pharmacies During Pandemic
At the start of the pandemic in 2020, Air Force Col. Markus Gmehlin faced a massive and urgent task: adapting the TRICARE Pharmacy system to ensure that everyone could get access to their medications – but to also avoid packing people into pharmacy waiting rooms and...

ScriptCenter Launches in Alaska
Congratulations Fort Wainwright for a successful ScriptCenter launch. We look forward to delivering prescriptions and exceptional service to your patients and beneficiaries in Alaska. Asteres is excited for this new partnership and our first unit live in Aslaska!...
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Pharmacy Locker System Increases Prescription Adherence: New Vanderbilt Study
janette Ridley, PharmD, MHA presented at ASHP Midyear the findings on a discharge study conducted at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. Their purpose was to increase discharge medication access. They understand that increased access allows for increased prescription adherence to medication regimens. The study was conducted with the help of their ScriptCenter locker solution, the method in which they called for their discharge patients to pickup their prescriptions.
Some key findings from the study include:
15% increase in prescriptions filled at the Vanderbilt pharmacy after ScriptCenter installed
At time of discharge, there was a positive impact on medication access for patients via their ScriptCenter unit
The Vanderbilt M2B team increased prescriptions that were routed to their pharmacy after the install of ScriptCenter
Additionally, data suggests that increased prescription access allows for an overall increase in patient prescription adherence. The first step in adherence is a patient having their prescription in their hands. A finding from a 2018 US Pharm study found that increased prescription adherence “can have a tremendous impact on quality and length of life, health outcomes, and overall healthcare costs”. Additionally, engagement of patients is “essential” to the success of increasing adherence. A way to do that? A centralized pickup point. A solution like an automated pharmacy kiosk or locker system creates ease of access for patients. For pharmacy, it increases the overall pharmacy footprint without the need of adding additional staff. Automated pharmacy solutions allow for the pharmacy staff to work at the top of their license by moving elements like delivery to the machine.
For more information and to read the poster in it’s entirety, see a downloadable version on our website.
Fort Hood’s new ScriptCenter automates prescription service
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UCI, UCSD New Study: Improved Prescription Adherence with Automated Kiosks
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ScriptCenter Value and Workflow Efficiency
“Every time a patient comes to the window, we have roughly one or two minutes, on average, worth of time that’s needed to dispense their prescription,” Read said. “If I were to use one minute and say I divert 20,000 prescriptions for 15,000 patients, 15,000 minutes...
Scheduling Now Open – Meet us Virtually!
Reserve Your Space Now! Virtual Tradeshow with Retail Partners - August 11th & 12th With the cancellation of NACDS Total Store Expo 2020 and other in-person meetings, we will be bringing the tradeshow to you this year. Join Team Asteres for a VIRTUAL...
Meet Our Family of Products… Virtually!
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