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Pharmacy technician students complete first year singing from the same script
Systems Solutions implements community and hospital pharmacy software into Ireland’s latest pharmacy technician school 15 May, 2006 – Dublin, Ireland - Systems Solutions has announced that it has teamed up with the Institute of Technology Carlow to provide their pharmacy technician students with community and hospital pharmacy software. The company benevolently supplied the college with its community pharmacy products: QicSCRIPT, its flagship pharmacy dispensing software, and QicPOS, its advanced electronic point of sale (EPOS) system, as well as its hospital pharmacy dispensing software, CliniSCRIPT, in addition to CliniCHEMO, its chemotherapy manufacturing and scheduling software. IT Carlow is one of only two Institutes of Technology accredited to provide the two-year Higher Certificate in Science: Pharmacy Technician Studies course which it launched in September of 2005. Still in its infancy, the course successfully complements a balanced blend of academic study with valuable work experience, with students participating in a 6-month work placement programme following the first year of their certificate. David Raethorne, Systems Solutions’ founding technical director, claims, “We are absolutely thrilled to be in a position to implement our software into IT Carlow. With over 400,000 people visiting Irish pharmacies on a daily basis, pharmacy technicians play a key role in the pharmacy community, helping pharmacists to deal with the high demand for their services and advice. “ Keara O’Dea, course director of the Pharmacy Technician Certificate Course in Carlow Institute of Technology says, “The Pharmacy Technician course was shaped around the principle of providing pharmacy technicians with valuable practical experience. As information technology plays such a fundamental role in pharmacy of today, we’ve introduced IT as a central module in our course to provide each of our students with the technical skills they’ll need when they enter the workforce. We are extremely pleased about how they are progressing with Systems Solutions’ software so far”. Systems Solutions already supplies all schools of pharmacies in Ireland with its leading pharmacy software as part of its overarching strategy to teach budding pharmacists and pharmacy technicians essential IT skills. As David Raethorne claims, “Sixty percent of community pharmacies and 80% of hospital pharmacies in Ireland use our software, therefore, it is inevitable that these students will use our software at some stage in their working careers. By supplying colleges like IT Carlow with our leading edge pharmacy software solutions, we can ensure that the students have the necessary IT skills to help them not only secure jobs, but be absolutely confident doing their jobs from a patient safety and clinical governance point of view”.
About Systems Solutions:
Systems Solutions has been developing and marketing software products and services for pharmacy since 1987, and is the largest provider of retail and hospital pharmacy solutions in the Republic of Ireland. Independently owned, Systems Solutions has built a solid reputation for its thought leadership and ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions for pharmacy which solve complex business issues. The organisation pioneered the first Electronic Claims Transmission software in Europe, integrated medicines management support and real-time centralised (shared) Patient Medication Records. The company is renowned for its software development expertise, matched with its constant focus on quality and innovation. About the Pharmacy Technician Studies course in IT Carlow:
The Institute of Technology Carlow recently became Ireland’s newly accredited educational institution to provide pharmacy technician studies course. The Pharmacy Technician course prepares the student with both administrative and clinical skills for a position in retail or hospital pharmacy. The course aims to provide the student with the theory and hands-on applications required to demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles and practices of pharmacy.
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