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BD Pyxis IV Prep
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Jackson Tate
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There is room for improvement with the product functionality. One suggestion is to improve the...
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Sometimes BD’s support does take longer than we anticipate to resolve issues. Sometimes they don’t...
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The vendor’s implementation was good overall. It wasn’t great, but it was good. There could always...
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We have had BD Pyxis IV Prep for a few years now. It works as designed. I like that the product...
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Analyst/Coordinator
BD has done a good job at keeping promises. They charge for everything, but I think they avoid...
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Manager
BD has been awesome from the start. They have worked with us really closely to make sure that we...
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Manager
One of the biggest hurdles that we have had with the system since we have gone live is getting...
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Manager
BD Pyxis IV Prep would be in the running, but whether we would buy the product again wouldn't be a...
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Manager
For the last year or so, BD Pyxis IV Prep has been pretty stable. There has been minimal upkeep...
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Director
We just did an upgrade for our EMR, and BD participated in that upgrade every day by phone to help...
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Director
I hate the system's knowledge portal reports. That is the one thing that I dislike about the system....
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Manager
BD Pyxis IV Prep frees up the number of pharmacists that we need in the IV room. That is our...
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Manager
BD could improve by working with closed-system drug-transfer devices to get the weights down...
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Manager
Whether I would purchase the solution again depends on the time frame. A few years ago, I absolutely...
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Manager
The main obstacles with this product are hardware, compatibility, functionality, and overall...
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Manager
The only on-site training we had was when we initially went live with the product. The training was...
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Manager
We got an update a while ago that made the product a little bit more intuitive for the end user. But...
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Manager
The vendor’s proactivity could be improved. The main issue that sticks out is that we would like the...
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Manager
The outcomes with this product are good because we are able to catch all the errors with barcoding...
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Manager
Whether I would recommend this product to a peer just depends on what EMR they use and whether there...
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Manager
The vendor does avoid charging for every little thing, but we have had to fight to make that happen.
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Manager
The vendor is kind of slow at getting new technology going, but I am very optimistic for the future....
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Manager
We like the metric nature of the system and the volume metric. The system seems to do a really good...
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Manager
The reporting in the system is a little bit lacking. We have been fighting to get things to work...
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Director
We are getting outcomes by using BD Pyxis IV Prep, but there are some gaps in reporting. I need to...
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Director
When I think of integration, I think of minimizing the number of systems we have to use. BD Pyxis IV...
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Director
BD Pyxis IV Prep is complex, but for the user, mixing and checking are mostly easy to do in the...
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Director
The support and executive involvement are pretty good from BD. BD is usually more quickly available...
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Director
There are a few glitches that BD fixed in the upgrades, but we are waiting for the next upgrade....
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Director
BD is not very forthcoming about training information. They need to provide more hands-on training...
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Director
If the decision were up to me, I wouldn't purchase the product again. The biggest deterrent to...
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Director
We have to purchase scales with very high accuracy to make the product work. But the scales are...
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Director
We can't edit the mixing order in BD Pyxis IV Prep. The computer generates how the technician will...
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Director
Since BD Pyxis IV Prep uses gravimetric analysis, the technicians rely on the scale. If the volume...
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Director
I have struggled with the inventory management; that piece does not work. The tool sometimes doesn't...
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Director
The one thing that the system does that we originally bought it for was recording lot expirations....
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Director
BD touted their waster interface a couple of years ago and said that we could bill for waste. That...
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Director
When we had issues, BD connected us with their research-and-development group, and the group was...
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Director
BD Pyxis IV Prep does what it is supposed to do. Its challenges stem from it uncovering a bad or...
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VP/Other Executive
BD is one of our strategic partners, and we have a great relationship with them. Some of their...
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VP/Other Executive
The product simply wasn’t ready for prime time when we released it. BD knew astonishingly little...
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Analyst/Coordinator
It took several years to get little more than a handful of drugs live. For that reason, I probably...
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Analyst/Coordinator
BD Pyxis IV Prep doesn't live up to the vendor's promises. The implementation and project management...
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Analyst/Coordinator
The analysts and consultants that BD sends aren't knowledgeable enough to troubleshoot issues. Those...
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Analyst/Coordinator
Customers receive training a week or two before going live with brand-new software, and BD won't do...
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Analyst/Coordinator
BD Pyxis IV Prep handles the barcode scanning and the pictures, and it adds a scale to the mix. We...
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Manager
It is questionable whether we would buy the product again due to its functionality. The vendor is...
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Manager
I haven’t really seen any new technology from the vendor that they have offered; there is potential...
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Manager
We typically understand more of the system than the vendor's customer service people can help us...
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Manager
We have had concerns about the functionality that the system is lacking. We are to the point where...
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Manager
We haven't decided whether we would buy the system again. We can tell it is a very new product, and...
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Manager
There are a lot of things in our version of the product that are silly and don’t make sense. There...
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Manager
The implementation of the product was not smooth at all. The biggest issue with any implementation...
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Manager
Half of the implementation team was great, but the other half was not. The engineering portion was...
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Manager
The vendor doesn’t have many customers or a big budget with the system yet. It seemed like every...
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Manager
We have asked the vendor to notify us every time there is a new upgrade. We have had some problems....
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Manager
The system's ease of use is okay. There are just functionality problems with the scales as well as...
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Manager
The frustration with our version of the system has to do with the scales not working very well. The...
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Manager
We had access to vendor executives. There was no point when I felt that I couldn’t reach out to a...
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Manager
The vendor tried their best with what they had. Our version was very early, and they worked to make...
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Manager
I think the vendor has a good product that has great potential, but I could not recommend the...
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Manager
BD Pyxis IV Prep is very siloed. It doesn't communicate well with our other IV workflow tool or the...
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Manager
BD is not very proactive at reaching out to us. If I have a question about their software, I have to...
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Manager
BD Pyxis IV Prep has a lot more safety features than other solutions that I have used. It has...
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Director
An unkept promise from BD is that the system would be able to do waste interfacing. The challenge is...
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Director
Our contacts weren't as well versed in the product as some others, and that caused delays in our...
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Director
The training was very general. BD's challenge is that they don't understand the operations of the...
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Director
The vendor could improve the hardware. It requires a lot of IT work to get everything communicating....
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Director
The user interface is translated from German, so there are little things that constantly have...
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Director
The reports could definitely use some improvement. We really have to work on the data to easily show...
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Director
We are waiting for BD to deliver technology. When we identify a problem, BD is proactive about...
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Director
When it comes to getting our money's worth, sometimes we don't have the right people on our end...
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Director
Whether I would recommend the product would depend on the organization's ability to have the right...
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Director
The next version will allow us to do batching better. We can do batching, but we find that the...
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Director
We can do everything that we need to do. There are limitations from a technology standpoint. Drugs...
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Director
The main thing I would like to see is connectivity between the vendor's systems. I would like to...
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Director
The only downside to the implementation was the equipment that was required.
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Director
We could have used additional follow-up and post-implementation meetings. We did have a couple of...
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Director
The use is limited with patient-specific items. If we could use the system more consistently for...
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Director
The vendor's implementation team wasn't as well versed as we expected. BD needs to improve the...
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Director
We had some hiccups early on with the product as far as getting the interface solid went. The...
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Director
I like the workflow of the system. That is really nice. The software is actually German, so it has...
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Director
The vendor is good about sending emails and letting us know when things are going to happen. I...
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Director
If the vendor fixes some of their software pieces, makes the system more intuitive, and fixes some...
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Director
Across the board, the product needs some refinements to be able to meet the needs of the U.S....
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Director
It is very difficult to figure out the system; it requires substantial previous knowledge about how...
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Director
Maintaining the system is a nightmare without going through extensive training. Even people who have...
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Director
The vendor does not deliver new technology. We have been struggling to really convey our needs and...
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Director
We don’t have a lot of support from the vendor. If the system could be tweaked to make some things...
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Director
I would not buy the system again. The overall footprint of the cart is huge. When we are operating...
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Director
We have had instances where we have had to revisit upgrades on the system. The vendor does provide...
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Director
The gravimetric analysis in the system has been a huge pain point for us. When the product was...
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Director
There are a lot of complex programs and logs that we could potentially monitor if the vendor gave us...
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Director
I would tell others looking at this system to not expect integration to work like it is promised and...
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Director
BD has been good for a while. Their system is fairly easy when it works. But I would seriously...
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Director
It doesn't matter how much we pay because even if the vendor nickel-and-dimes us, they don’t have a...
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Director
The vendor's promise is that they would provide an IV workflow system that helps make accurate, safe...
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Director
BD's fix is not coming in on time, and the salespeople and technical support people are pointing...
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Director
In terms of ongoing training, the only thing BD has done is provide some online modules, and the...
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Director
I know that I can call the vendor, but I don’t think that everybody can. Lately, the person we deal...
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Manager
I like that BD Pyxis IV Prep takes the pharmacist out of the compounding environment. The product is...
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Manager
I don't like that BD Pyxis IV Prep doesn't have a two-way interface. It also isn't easy to move the...
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Manager
The system is fantastic compared to our old system. I like this one so much better. Our old system...
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Manager
The vendor's support is great. BD usually sends someone to help the day an issue is reported. That...
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VP/Other Executive
We are still working through some of the kinks with BD Pyxis IV Prep. I feel like we are constantly...
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VP/Other Executive
Things have been pretty good with BD. BD is better than the other vendor we use. I like the system's...
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Manager
The initial training we got from the vendor was good, but we haven't really had much ongoing...
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Manager
When it comes to the ease of use of the system, BD guides us through the system. The system pretty...
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Manager
One thing that we rejected out of hand was the lot-management piece that BD wanted to plus as a big...
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Manager
The support people get back to us within a couple of hours sometimes. It could take a while, maybe...
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Manager
There are some nuanced issues with the system. The reporting system is cumbersome, but if we take...
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Manager
BD has no ongoing training to speak of. Their initial training was just some online modules plus...
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Manager
I didn't have any control over the decision-making process, but we would probably buy the product...
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Manager
Whether the vendor keeps their promises depends on the person that we are working with during the...
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Manager
The implementation went fairly smoothly. BD was on-site, and they had pretty decent support. The...
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Manager
The system's biggest badge is that the system does gravimetric analysis and confirmation of...
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Manager
BD needs to improve their reporting system. We would like to have an expert from BD assigned to us....
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Manager
BD Pyxis IV Prep is not a very easy system for end users. As a manager looking at the system from a...
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Manager
BD Pyxis IV Prep is a nice system. It would be an even nicer system if the density data were...
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Manager
Some of the problems that we have had with BD are connectivity issues and customer service support....
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Manager
As far as meeting our needs goes, the system is doing well. There are still some ongoing issues that...
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Manager
Density and gravity is a struggle with the product, especially for some drugs that don't behave as...
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Manager
I regularly submit little ideas to BD for improvement. Some ideas I suggested several years ago have...
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VP/Other Executive
We know the software better than BD's project managers do. The project managers are inexperienced,...
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Director
BD Pyxis IV Prep was priced competitively for what we have gotten. It has delivered more features...
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Director
BD Pyxis IV Prep is a little more cumbersome than what BD led us to believe that it would be. There...
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Director
The vendor has spent a lot of time with us for training. We haven't had a lot of need for ongoing...
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Director
I would like to see some upgrades in the system to make it more user friendly. The formulas and the...
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Director
The terminology that is used in BD Pyxis IV Prep is not consistent with the language that we use in...
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Director
The initial rollout was such a bad experience. It did not go smoothly at all. We had meetings with...
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Director
The reports are not robust. There are very few reports to help us get the things we are looking for...
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Director
I highly recommend writing into the contract a direct line for support. The vendor's support has...
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Director
The solution works very well; it definitely brings another level of safety to our IV rooms. It fully...
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Manager
We would like to see the system be able to read data matrix barcodes. By law, a lot of the drug...
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Director
The system is status quo right now. We are waiting for an upgrade at some of our sites, and once we...
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Director
One of the things that could be improved upon is reports, and I think the vendor knows that. I feel...
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Manager
For BD Pyxis IV Prep, we are actually outdated. We are discussing an update coming up soon. We were...
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Manager
When we implemented BD’s system, it helped us a lot with our workflow in the sense that we had more...
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Manager
One of the things we have asked for for a long time is to have BD’s system read to three decimal...
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Manager
I would purchase the solution again, but I am intrigued to see what our enterprise vendor does with...
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Manager
The biggest thing is that the system helps us meet the best practices defined by ISMP. We are...
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Manager
The system is definitely in line with the direction that pharmacy practice is going in and is...
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Director
We are going to take upgrades as the vendor sends them to us. We hope they get some feedback because...
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Director
The system can be hard to use, but the vendor is doing upgrades, and that will help our satisfaction...
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Manager
I am not necessarily a part of the financials, but I feel like BD's charges are fair.
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Manager
The biggest thing that BD could do to support integration better is to have more flexibility with...
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Manager
I would definitely say that BD’s executives are pretty heavily involved.
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Manager
BD Pyxis IV Prep should be an all-inclusive solution. We have separate computers and hardware for...
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Manager
The biggest thing I would tell providers about BD Pyxis IV Prep is that there will be a lot of...
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Manager
The benefits of an IV workflow management system is the ability to have a complete audit control...
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Director
From a regulatory-readiness standpoint, folks who were worried about us having complete...
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Director
Our numbers are pretty high with gravimetric analysis. We don’t have a lot of exact numbers with the...
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Director
We recently switched to another vendor's EMR, and our use of BD Pyxis IV Prep dipped immediately...
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Director
We have been pushing our organization to spend more time focusing on what our EMR vendor could offer...
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Director
The system's reporting is really poor, especially with our version. The system isn't so much saving...
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Director
If I were making the decision again today, I would choose a different product. There have been some...
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Director
We like that BD's products all interface. Their big goal is to interface with EMR, the pumps, and...
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Director
In the beginning, BD Pyxis IV Prep was an entirely new way to make an IV. We got some mumbles and...
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Director
In our state pharmacy, technicians aren't supposed to be compounding. We told our technicians that...
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Director
We do all of the IV preparations that we can do in the system. Some quantities are too small and...
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Director
I wouldn't mind some enhancements to the reports. I don't want to say BD needs to improve them, but...
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Director
Our overall satisfaction over the next 12 months will depend on whether BD does more with...
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Director
The only things that BD nickel-and-dimes with are the scale and computer. But they do give options,...
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Director
The solution works pretty well, but there are definitely ongoing challenges with it. We do have an...
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Director
Knowing what I know about the vendor's competitors, I am happy that we are with BD. We think BD is...
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