Citizen Systems Printers Provide ScriptRx with Perfect Prescription for Hardware Headache.ScriptRx Needed a Printer That Could Handle the Demands of Busy Hospital Emergency Rooms ... Citizen Delivered the Solution TORRANCE, Calif. -- ScriptRx, the leader in electronic discharge systems for the healthcare industry, had a problem: its emergency room touchscreen workstations were helping doctors create patient discharge instructions and prescription forms more quickly and precisely than ever. The problem was the workstations' laser printers were breaking down due to the demands of the heavy workload. No printer means no prescriptions and big headaches for the attending physicians. "We have found that doctors have very little patience for disruptions in their work," said Dr. Timothy G. Coffield, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ScriptRx. "The printers are the heart of our system and they were breaking down far too frequently; without them our workstations were useless. We went looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an answer and found it at Citizen." Coffield found the solution to his problems in the form of the Citizen CT-S4000 thermal printer See direct thermal printer and thermal wax transfer printer. . This high-speed printer with selectable paper widths up to 112 millimeters made it perfect for printing the larger amounts of data required for patient prescriptions. Its DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. (Direct Memory Access) means text and graphics can download and print faster and its ability to handle large capacity paper rolls means fewer roll changes. When it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to replace the paper roll, easy drop-in loading makes the job a snap. "Since we began using the CT-S4000 our service calls for broken hardware have become practically non-existent," added Coffield. "The doctors are happy, the patients get processed faster and the pharmacists get a prescription they can actually read." ScriptRx offers emergency department physicians a fast and secure way to provide patients with the printed information that they need. The intuitive touchscreen contains 35 categories organized around the most common ailments routinely encountered in the "walk-in" ambulatory care ambulatory care n. Medical care provided to outpatients. ambulatory care, n the health services provided on an outpatient basis to those who can visit a health care facility and return home the same day. setting. The doctor chooses a diagnosis and the system provides a list of medications currently used in treatment as well as suggested discharge instructions. All that is left to do is press print and the CT-S4000 quickly and reliably delivers a copy of the prescription that the patient can then take to a pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions. phar·ma·cist n. . "We are always pleased when we can help customers find a printing solution," said Seth Avergon, Senior Director of Marketing for Citizen. "This is a perfect example of Citizen supplying a printer for a healthcare environment that can help meet the demands of a busy emergency room." About the Company Citizen Systems America develops and markets receipt printers, industrial printing solutions, barcode label printers, portable thermal, high-speed line impact, specialty forms impact, serial matrix printers See dot matrix printer. and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and printer mechanisms that are used in a variety of industries from foodservice to retail to banking. For more than two decades, Citizen products have set the standard for performance, reliability and value among printers. A wholly independent U.S. corporation, Citizen Systems America is the U.S. subsidiary of Citizen Systems Japan, the electronic products affiliate of Citizen Watch Co. Ltd., Japan, the world-renowned manufacturer of fine timepieces. Citizen Systems America's headquarters are located at 363 Van Ness Van Ness may refer to: People
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