{"id":2853,"date":"2010-08-06T15:29:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T21:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2019-09-17T14:50:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:50:45","slug":"mankato-clinic-achieves-secure-efficient-prescription-generation-with-star-micronics-tsp800rx-printers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/mankato-clinic-achieves-secure-efficient-prescription-generation-with-star-micronics-tsp800rx-printers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mankato Clinic Achieves Secure, Efficient Prescription Generation With Star Micronics TSP800Rx Printers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"151\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tsp800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22650\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Writing prescriptions for patients is a complicated endeavor these days. While some orders for medication and devices may be conveyed to pharmacies by telephone, federal regulations stipulate that controlled substance prescriptions be presented at pharmacies before they are dispensed. Stringent regulations issued recently by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to combat the estimated $5 billion in annual prescription fraud committed throughout the U.S. also come into play; these regulations call for secure prescriptions that cannot be copied, altered or counterfeited.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Norman, director of IT at Mankato Clinic, had such challenges in mind as he shopped the aisles of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference &amp; Exhibition three years ago. One of Minnesota\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest physician-owned, multi-specialty regional group practices, Mankato Clinic operates eight sites in and around Mankato; its staff includes 80 physicians.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of Norman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s visit to the HIMSS meeting, Mankato Clinic management had already decided to migrate from a manual (handwritten) prescription-issuance system to a printer-based one. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We thought it would be better all around in terms of compliance with all regulations, as well as to make the job a little easier for the doctors,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Norman said. Management had also concluded that using dedicated prescription printers, rather than all-purpose laser jet printers fitted with prescription-generating software, would be their best bet because the latter are more expensive and print prescriptions on 8 \u00c2\u00bd\u00e2\u20ac\u009d X 11\u00e2\u20ac\u009d paper instead of standard prescription form.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to pay more for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcall-purpose\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 printers when all we were going to do was to generate prescriptions,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Norman explained. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We also needed very solid, secure dedicated units with a convenient small footprint, and that would even hang on a wall if we wanted them to.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>In perusing the HIMMS exhibits, Norman found exactly what he sought in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/star\/tsp800-series.htm\">Star Micronics\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 TSP800Rx thermal printer<\/a>. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It fit all our criteria,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he noted. In addition to being designed specifically for the medical industry, it offers durability, a small footprint, and a wall-mounting option.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Even more importantly, Norman said, the TSP800Rx is the only printer available for the medical industry to boast a locking mechanism that deters unauthorized removal of prescription media from the paper chamber.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Other attributes of the unit also caught Norman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eye. These included a Kensington lock slot for added security, plus an ultra-rapid print speed of 50 lines per second, a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Drop In &amp; Print\u00e2\u20ac\u009d paper loading feature, a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153disable paper feed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d function and a jam-proof cutter&#8211;all essential for busy medical offices.<\/p>\n<p>Mankato Clinic currently has 25 TSP800Rx printers in place, all of which operate with Allscripts prescribing software from Allscripts-Misys Heathcare Solutions. The first unit was deployed at one site two years ago. It received such rave reviews that an additional 24 units were rolled out two to three months later, in a span of four to five months. Norman handled the installation himself, a process he described as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153very simple, with no problems.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the desired ability to generate prescriptions with far more efficiency than in the past while occupying minimal space, the printers deliver on the promise of security. Not long ago, one of Mankato Clinic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s physicians attempted to access a printer at his site without using a key. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He had sent his print job to a different machine, but didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t realize it and tried to get into this unit because he thought he had the right one and that the paper was just stuck,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Norman said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He tried a lot of different things to get to the paper mechanism, without success. This goes to show just how secure the TSP800Rx really is.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more, he added, Mankato Clinic is reaping other benefits from the installation. Notably, all of the facilities are saving paper because there is no need to utilize regular size, 8 \u00c2\u00bd\u00e2\u20ac\u009d X 11\u00e2\u20ac\u009d stock. Pharmacies like the solution; there is no longer any worry about deciphering prescriptions that bear the illegible or difficult-to-read handwriting for which physicians are renowned.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The TSP800Rx is secure, efficient and not terribly expensive,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Norman concludes. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What more could we want in a dedicated printing solution?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing prescriptions for patients is a complicated endeavor these days. 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