Retail Pharmacy

Today's retail pharmacies face toughchallenges-surging demand, elusive profit margins, increased competition from the new sources, and all with fewer pharmacists. At QS/1 we understand the difficulties faced by pharmacies every day. That's why we created the NRx Pharmacy Management System. NRx's easy-to-use graphical user interface makes processing new prescriptions and filling refills quick and easy. The HIPAA- compliant system makes processing claims, reporting, managing inventory and maintaining and updating data easy. QS/1 offers a range of integrated services and systems that can enhance workflow and patient safety in your pharmacy while providing the comprehensive management tools necessary for better profitability.

Retail Pharmacy Features & Benefits

Workflow

Improve patient safety and streamline day-to-day operations with QS/1's integrated workflow module. Implement a quality assurance check station with NDC verification and optional pill images. Create an error resolution area for dealing with prescription filling issues like third party rejections or doctor authorizations.

Interactive Voice Response

Improve accuracy and create a less stressful work environment with QS/1's IVR. Maximize efficiency by storing customer messages directly in your QS/1 pharmacy system for access from any workstation. With refill requests directly routed to your processing queue, store productivity will benefit from the system's smooth and seamless integration. And your customers will appreciate the convienience of ordering refills from your pharmacy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Interfaces

With existing interfaces to most automated dispensing and packaging systems, e-prescribe, IVR and billing systems, only QS/1 can connect you to so many productivity-boosting tools designed to improve daily workflow and keep your pharmacies competitive.

Wizards

Built-in wizards provide step-by-step instructions on infrequent tasks like adding new personnel, new price plans, A/R and initial store setup.

Central Profiles

Pharmacies with more than one location can use central profiles to add patients from other stores. The Central Profiles module allows you to copy patient information from your other stores, refill prescriptions between stores easily and central DUR check.

PowerLine

Process claims quickly and easily via the Internet with QS/1's own PowerLine claims switch. Drug costs and records are automatically updated during transmission to reduce lost profitability. The system alerts you to errors, providing the opportunity to correct them before your claims are even submitted. And, our Pre and Post-edit Claim service automatically updates drug price during transmission to maximize pharmacy profit.

Point-of-Sale

Boost your front-end bottom line revenue with QS/1's integrated Point-of-Sale. Use the system to not only better manage pricing, inventory and security but to also improve and add customer checkout options. Enjoy the benefits of an integrated storewide management system.

Images and Imprints

Reduce errors with Images and Imprints, the QS/1 service that provides images for nearly 20,000 drugs. Ensure the highest levels of patient safety and help eliminate potential dispensing confusion with drug images displayed on screen as prescriptions are dispensed.

Electronic Signature Capture

Capture third party and HIPAA signatures as well as gather acknowledgement of privacy practices and acceptance or refusal of counseling or safety caps with QS/1's integrated electronic signature capture.

Clinical Updates

Keep your clinical information accurate and current with automatic clinical updates from QS/1. You can receive quarterly updates of critical data including contradiction codes, generic indicators, NH therapeutic class and units per day. With Internet access you can receive real-time updates. Provide patients with handy, take home patient monographs detailing potential side effects, precautions and dosages. Add French and Spanish language patient monographs to provide non-English speaking patients with up-to-date information on their prescriptions.

Price Updates

With up to 10 percent of drug prices changing every day, you can protect your bottom line with daily or weekly electronic price updates from QS/1. Automatically update data including manufacturers, package sizes, competitive pricing, MAC pricing, net wholesale acquisition and state codes.

WebServices

Let QS/1 provide you with your own pharmacy website or expand the functionality of your existing website. Easily offer customers the convenience of online refills along with premium consumer and clinical health content.

Mail Order

Save maintenance prescription customers a trip to the pharmacy. Ensure customers don't miss a dose by shipping prescriptions before they run out. For complete record-keeping of higher volume mail order, use our UPS shipping interface to scan the tracking number into the transaction.

Gain Greater IT Control with Enterprise

QS/1's Enterprise solution allows up to 256 store locations to reside on a single server, eliminating the need to maintain servers at different locations. Allow file sharing between stores to eliminate duplicate data entry of patient, drug or doctor information at seperate stores. Transmit all claims from the same central location to improve efficiency and reduce communication costs. Protect your stores' data with centralized backups, data maintenance and multiple security levels. All software and server updates only need to be installed on your central office server. Each store can even operate on a different software release thus allowing stores the flexibility to upgrade when they're ready.

NRx OnDemand

Reduce computer maintenance in your pharmacy with NRx OnDemand. Gain all the benefits of the NRx system but leave all computer maintenance, software upgrades, security backups and general server maintenance to QS/1. Plus, all pharmacy data is stored in redundant data centers preventing loss of valuable data due to power outages, network or equipment failures.