Custom app for pill roll and weekly medication supply
Appfront builds apps for pharmacies, care institutions and home care organisations that work with medication in weekly rolls: for each client, what is and isn't in the roll, changes from the physician that must reach the pharmacy in time for the next roll, checking the roll on receipt at the ward, and medication that is administered separately. So that a change midweek isn't lost between physician, pharmacy and ward, and an incorrect roll is spotted before it is given.
What is an app for Baxter rolls and weekly medication preparation?
In many care institutions, medication for each client comes in a strip with pouches for each administration moment, prepared by the pharmacy a week in advance. That is safe and clear, as long as the strip matches what the doctor has prescribed. An app for blister strips and weekly medication preparation manages the process around it: changes that must reach the pharmacy on time, checking the strip on arrival, and the medicines that are not in the strip.
On Wednesday a doctor changes a dosage. The ward phones the pharmacy, and the pharmacy adjusts the next strip, but this week's strip runs on until Sunday. Has the change already taken effect, or only from the new strip? Where is the temporary antibiotic? And will the patch, the drops and the medicine kept in the fridge, which don't fit in the strip, be forgotten? Without a shared overview, it depends on who is on duty.
We build custom development because the app must fit your chain: which pharmacy or blister centre you work with, which pharmacy system and electronic client record you use, how changes are currently passed on, and which agreements you make about cut-off times and interim changes. The pharmacy system knows the prescription; the ward receiving the strip and Wednesday's change does not.
What is in and outside the strip
For each client, the medicines in the strip per administration moment, and the medicines outside it, such as liquids, patches, as-needed medication and medicines stored separately.
Changes with a cut-off time
A change recorded with its effective date and passed on to the pharmacy, with the cut-off time for the next strip and a confirmation back.
Checking on arrival
The new strips are scanned on arrival at the ward and compared with the current medication overview, so a discrepancy is spotted before anything is given.
How we build your app for blister strips and weekly medication preparation
We start with the changes: how they are currently passed on, how many there are per week, and how often a strip did not match what the doctor had prescribed.
Your pharmacy or blister centre, the pharmacy system and client record, how changes currently flow, and the agreements on cut-off times and interim changes.
The overview per client from the pharmacy system or record, with medicines in and outside the strip and their administration moments.
Passing on and confirming changes, temporary and interim medication, and checking strips on arrival by scan.
Integrations with pharmacy systems and client records, reporting on changes and discrepancies, followed by management and expansion to more departments.
What an app for blister strips and weekly medication preparation actually does
The components below come up in almost every organisation that uses weekly strips. Which ones you need depends on whether you are a pharmacy or a care institution.
Medication overview
For each client, the current medicines in the strip and outside it, with administration moment, dosage and the date of the last change.
Passing on changes
A change from the doctor recorded with its effective date and passed on to the pharmacy, which confirms when the strip has been adjusted.
Interim and temporary
Changes that take effect before the new strip is ready, and temporary medicines such as a course, with clarity on what is no longer given from the current strip.
Strip checking
Strips scanned on arrival and compared with the medication overview, with a signal for a missing, extra or incorrect line.
Outside the strip
Medicines that do not fit in the strip, with their administration moment, so they appear on the shift list and are not forgotten.
Reporting
Number of changes per week, changes after the cut-off time, discrepancies on arrival and their causes, as a basis for agreements within the chain.
Who we build an app for blister strips and weekly medication preparation for
This app is designed for pharmacies and care organisations where changes and checks around weekly dispensing rolls are currently handled by phone and on paper.
Pharmacies and Baxter centres
Rolls for many institutions and clients living at home. Receiving and confirming changes before a cut-off time is the core.
Nursing and care homes
Many clients with many medicines and changing shifts. The roll check and medicines outside the roll matter most.
Care for people with disabilities and mental health services
Residential locations with support staff who are not nurses. A clear overview and mid-week changes are what is needed.
Home care
Clients at home with a roll from their own pharmacy. The change passed on by community nursing and the confirmation back are the core.
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This page covers the handover of weekly medication rolls between pharmacy and care. For the pharmacy as a whole, see our page on pharmacy software. For the logistics of care supplies, see our page on care logistics software, and for disability care, our page on an app for the support plan. You can read about how we work at building software.
Why choose Appfront for your Baxter roll and weekly dispensing app?
A weekly roll is safe when it matches the prescription. We build on that: incoming changes, rolls that are checked, and nothing outside the roll that gets forgotten.
Changes arrive
Every change has an effective date, a pharmacy confirmation and a status. The shift sees what is different this week.
Discrepancies before administration
On receipt, the roll is compared with the overview. A wrong roll is spotted on the ward, not at the client's bedside.
Outside the roll, on the list
Patches, drops and as-needed medication appear on the shift's list. They are not forgotten simply because they are not in the roll.
Security and privacy for a Baxter roll and weekly dispensing app
The app contains clients' medical data. Access is set up by role and by ward: care staff see their own clients, and the pharmacy sees the changes for the clients it supplies. Every view, change and confirmation is logged with name and time.
The app runs in a European data centre that meets the requirements for care data, with encrypted storage and daily backups. Sign-in uses a second factor, and integrations with the pharmacy system and client record run over secure connections.
Frequently asked questions about a Baxter roll and weekly dispensing app
Questions that pharmacies and care organisations ask before getting started.
It shows, per client, the medicines inside and outside the roll, records changes from the doctor and passes them to the pharmacy with a cut-off time for the next roll, handles interim and temporary medication, checks received rolls by scan, and reports on changes and discrepancies.
No. The prescription and supply remain in the pharmacy system, and administration in the client record or medication administration record. The app manages the flow between them: changes, confirmations and checking the roll.
The change is recorded with its effective date. If that falls before the new roll, the shift sees which line from the current roll is no longer being given and which medicine is added separately, until the adjusted roll arrives.
The roll is scanned and compared with the client's current medication overview. A missing, extra or deviating line raises a flag, which can be resolved with the pharmacy before the roll goes into use.
Yes. The professional bodies and sector organisations in healthcare have guidelines on medication safety and on working with individualised dispensing systems. The app supports your way of working within those guidelines; you agree the arrangements with your pharmacy.
That depends on the systems and the integrations they offer. In the first step, we look at which data can be exchanged. Where an integration is missing, the app can start with a shared overview that both the pharmacy and the department use.
Check that first. Many medication administration records show the medication and record when it has been given, and that is enough if changes come through properly. Custom development makes sense if changes currently arrive by phone or fax, if the roll isn't checked on receipt, or if the pharmacy and the ward don't share an overview.
Incoming changes and rolls that are right?
Tell us which pharmacy you work with, which systems you use and how changes are currently passed on. We'll show you what the overview, the changes and the roll check look like.