Article: A Taiwanese pharmacist counts pills of a prescription for a Nicaraguan...

Article: Selecting automation: How to simplify a difficult decision
Drug Topics;  October 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......face-to-face with the daunting task of determining which technology is best for them. Whether it's a system that enters orders, counts pills, provides drug information, or dispenses medication, the process of choosing from an endless number of vendors can be overwhelming...

Article: GOV. EASLEY ANNOUNCES 130 JOBS IN DURHAM COUNTY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 13, 2006 ;     361 words ......to grow and succeed in our state." Parata Systems is the maker of the Parata Robotic Dispensing System, which mechanically counts pills, places them in bottles and sorts them by patient's names. The company recently acquired San Francisco-based McKesson Automated...

Article: Augusta, Ga., Technical College Dedicates 2 Newest Buildings.
Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA);  April 30, 2004 ;     309 words ......designed to mirror a real drugstore. It's better than the classes she had in Building 900. It's even got a machine that counts pills, she said. Ms. Richardson, 20, said she likes Augusta Tech because it is closer to home and she gets hands-on instruction...

Article: Food: It's soy easy to eat healthy.
United Press International;  February 11, 2004 ;     662 words ......Curious Americans can pop down to their supermarket and buy the milk ready-made in packages. According to Liao Yung-hung, a Taiwanese pharmacist engaged in soybean research, the human body can absorb as much as 95 percent of the soybean's nutritional content, a...

Article: FOOD: IT'S SOY EASY TO EAT HEALTHY
United Press International;  February 10, 2004 ;     686 words ......Curious Americans can pop down to their supermarket and buy the milk ready-made in packages. According to Liao Yung-hung, a Taiwanese pharmacist engaged in soybean research, the human body can absorb as much as 95 percent of the soybean's nutritional content, a...

Article: Prescribing customer satisfaction.
Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, NC);  August 15, 2007 ;     568 words ......percent of prescriptions robotically, he said. Employees enter the order in a computer, which prints out a receipt. The robot counts pills, deposits them in a bottle, affixes the label from the order information and then spits them out. The staff checks the pills...

Article: Profile: Mississippi struggles to find ways to fund its Medicaid program
NPR All Things Considered;  March 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ......prescriptions filled. (Soundbite of pills being dumped onto counting tray) LOHR: Standing behind the counter, Johnnie Patten(ph) counts pills and labels bottles. She's a pharmacist at Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center. Patten says lawmakers don't see the...

Article: VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE DELIVERS REMARKS AT CAMPAIGN EVENT
Washington Transcript Service;  August 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ......and for clothing and shelter. I talked to a woman in New Hampshire who told me how she takes her pill bottles out of the medicine cabinet and puts them on the breakfast table and goes through them, and counts pills, and counts pennies at the

Article: "D" for DELAY.(Business)
The Virginian Pilot;  March 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Street. Some independent drugstores are facing tough times because of the repayment schedule of Medicare Part D. Freedman counts pills for a prescription Thursday. I love what I do, he said. I'll just do what I need to do and keep going. STEPHEN M. KATZ/The...

Article: Newest Employee at Odessa, Texas, Drugstore Fills Need for Accuracy, Speed.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......bin. The pneumatic arm pivots, dips down and places the cassette on top of an automated counting machine. While the machine counts pills, the arm swings to the left and pauses in front of a rack of empty medicine bottles. The pincers rotate, grasp an appropriately...