NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 2010) – Nashville-based New Day Pharmacy, an institutional pharmacy that provides "in-house pharmacies" to long-term care facilities, has launched new on-line tools to help nurses provide better care for their patients.

According to New Day Chief Information Officer Greg Margotta, the company's PharmComsm integrated computer system has been re-designed to give nurses immediate access to their patients' medical records, correspondence, videos, training materials, and information about safe medication practices and government policies. The new virtual tools can be accessed 24 hours a day by using on-site computer portals.

"Our staff has spent the past year developing PharmCom II, and the enhancements vastly improve the working environment," Margotta said. "Now nurses can immediately access vital information on-line with the touch of a finger, freeing up needed time for their patients. Administrators and New Day officials can catch medical errors and suspected fraud that might otherwise go unnoticed. The new paperless system reduces waste, lowers costs and saves lives."

Highlights of PharmCom II are
* A virtual link to New Day Pharmacy that provides updated patient profiles for faster admissions.
* Easy access to patient electronic medical records.
* A medical "knowledge bank" and comprehensive search engine with immediate access to on-line resources at New Day Pharmacy, Web MD, government agencies, and the leading health care organizations.
* A drug-pricing tool.
* Free continuing education opportunities for nurses.
* Real-time clinical assessment tools that help nurses manage the quality of patient care.
* An on-line message board that offers event reminders, employee recognitions, and breaking news.
* Improved electronic communication between nurses, administrators and pharmacists.

"We have received tremendous response from the field," Margotta noted. "No one else in the industry is doing what we're doing. Most nursing homes don't have the ability to store or access their records electronically. When PharmCom II catches on, it's going to totally revolutionize the way long-term care facilities operate."

Margotta added that New Day plans to add live and recorded training modules, cameras for workplace observation and assistance, and new "dashboards" with access to important industry-related information. The company's goal is to help long-term care facilities become more efficient, "green-friendly", and cost effective, while also improving the lives of their patients.

"PharmCom II is so much easier to navigate than the earlier version -- everyone is just delighted with the changes," said Jennifer Narewski, the director of nursing for Samaritan Care Center in Medina, Ohio. "It has literally cut our change-over time in half, which in turn has given us more time to spend with patients. Medical records are clearer and easier to print, and easy-to-read patient, workflow and management reports can be accessed in seconds. All this has made patient admissions much easier and faster."

The company also has launched a new web site at www.newdaypharmacy.com to inform potential customers and the public about PharmCom and other aspects of its "in-house pharmacy" system. The cutting-edge process allows nurses at long-term care facilities to safely dispense medications within minutes from an on-site dispensing unit. Until recently, only hospitals could offer that benefit to patients.

Visitors to the site can view a seven-minute company video; learn more about the company; and see how long-term care facilities are using the new equipment to substantially reduce nursing time, provide better and safer patient care, help improve the environment, and eliminate drug waste.

Margotta developed the web site with the assistance of graphic artist Daryl Stevens of Studio 202 and Whiting Publicity & Promotions in Nashville.

New Day's "in-house pharmacy" service model also features a centralized distribution operation in Nashville that can serve customers anywhere in the continental U.S.; a new packaging process that labels wrapped medication packets with the patient’s name, the med pass time, the drug’s name and description, and a corresponding bar code; and fully automated on-site dispensing units called Pharmacy Centerssm that allow nurses to fill new or emergency medications within minutes after receiving a physician’s order.

For more information about New Day Pharmacy, call (615) 515-4710 or (866) 395-9476, send an e-mail to dick.wager@newdaypharmacy.com, or visit http://www.newdaypharmacy.com.