The short answer? Yes—if you choose the right pharmacy system. The longer answer? It depends on the flexibility and connectivity of the pharmacy software vendor you choose.
The Importance of Integration in Pharmacy
Pharmacy operations today are more interconnected than ever. From transmitting prescriptions electronically to syncing with patient records and managing payments, your pharmacy software needs to talk to multiple systems to keep things running smoothly. Seamless integration ensures:
- Improved accuracy and patient safety
- Faster workflows and less manual entry
- Better communication between healthcare providers
- A more modern, efficient patient experience
How Datascan Delivers Seamless Integration
At Datascan, we understand that no two pharmacies are exactly alike. That’s why we’ve made integration a core part of our pharmacy management software.
We offer partnerships and integrations with over 100 different vendors, enabling your pharmacy to connect with:
- Electronic Prescribing (eRX): with SureScripts to provide streamlined communication with prescribers and receive electronic Rx’s directly into the pharmacy system
- Merchant Service (credit card processing): to provide a seamless integration for accepting credit card payments at our pharmacy Point of Sale (POS)
- eMAR vendors (Electronic Medication Administration Records):
To support better medication tracking and administration in long-term care settings. - Compliance and blister packaging robots: LTC pharmacy can increase productivity by integrating their pharmacy software with blister packing machines.
- Pill counters: build efficiency and compliance in your pharmacy and help streamline your dispensing process
- Digital Scales: Compound pharmacies increase efficiency and productivity by integrating directly with digital scales for accurate weight recording. Connect one or multiple scales and automatically record measured weights on compounding logs.
- Shipping: Integration is available direct through the pharmacy POS with FedEx, UPS, Stamps.com, and Endicia to easily create shipping labels and record tracking information.
- IVR: Organize and streamline the influx of inbound calls into your pharmacy by integrating with IVR. IVR will automatically input RX refill requests directly into your intake queue. Additionally, make outbound calls for things like refill and ready for pick up reminders.
- E-Faxing: Fax integration automatically uploads inbound fax RX’s directly into your fill queue in Winpharm.
- Pharmacy Switch Vendors: Switch integration enables your pharmacy to bill PBM’s and analyze reimbursements in real-time, and having flexibility to choose a different switch vendor is important depending if your buying group or wholesaler has a preferred switch vendor.
No matter your niche—retail, specialty, compounding, or long-term care—Datascan provides pharmacy system integration solutions that support your unique workflow and help you scale efficiently.
Why Integration Matters
Integration with third-party vendors helps reduce errors and maximizes employee time. Our integration-friendly platform gives you more automation, better insights, and tighter control—allowing you to focus on delivering exceptional patient care instead of managing tech frustrations. Offering flexibility for multiple vendor integration options within each category means our pharmacy management software offers you an extremely customizable experience.
The Bottom Line
Yes, the best pharmacy software systems should integrate with other healthcare and retail solutions—and Datascan does it better than anyone. With over 100 partner integrations and a commitment to flexible, future-ready technology, we make it easy for your pharmacy to connect, grow, and thrive.
Kevin Minassian is the President of Datascan Software. Under his leadership, the company rapidly expanded to provide pharmacy management software on a national level. Over the last 15+ years, he has ensured that Datascan has continuously evolved to offer innovative solutions for independent pharmacies while still offering world-class customer support. He is passionate about helping independent pharmacies to remain competitive, achieve success, and offer the very best service to their communities.
