E-drug: Summary of existing Drug Inventory Control Systems
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Dear E-Drug members,
I am consulting for a non-profit in Boston that needs a computerized
Drug Inventory Control system. I know something about this,
having worked in Malawi for 2 years at their Central Medical Stores.
However, I need to explain to others in the organization what our
options are.
To this end, I have gone through the E-Drug archives and
summarized all Drug Inventory Control Systems referenced. I am
including this below for all to use. I wonder, however, if anyone
would like to provide additional thoughts, comments or experience
with the various systems? I will, of course, add these to the
summary and re-post.
For your information, the group I work with is Partners In Health;
http://www.pih.org.
A couple of notes: the numbers in square brackets are the number
of the E-drug message. The first four numbers are the year -- some
of this information is a bit dated.
Also, I saw references to the system used by Pharmacists without
Borders (Pharmaciens Sans Frontiers) but can not find anything
about their software. Can anyone help?
Thank you,
Libby Levison
libby@theplateau.com
(alternate: libby@medg.lcs.mit.edu)