Drug Topics
Oct. 11, 2011
"New Compact Tablet Counter Is Fast And Accurate"
Kirby Lester's compact new KL1 tablet counter weighs 6 pounds and is 6" wide by 12" high, making it a compelling option for space-constrained pharmacies.
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Supermarket News
August 29, 2011
"Robots on Call"
Should retail pharmacies use robotics to fill prescriptions? Retailers have been grappling with that question for more than a decade, but recent developments in robotics technology as well as the movement toward central-fill facilities have spurred a new debate on the merits of automated prescription processing.
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Saugerties (NY) Times
August 7, 2011
"Robot Pharmacist"
For a business to "make it" on Main Street, especially when there
are large, box stores in the area, the local merchant must offer
something the larger store more often than not doesn't — personal service. But what happens when success leaves little time for the personal touch? For Neal Smoller and Peter Gage of the Village Apothecary, the answer was clear: get a robot assistant — the Kirby Lester KL60.
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Grocery Headquarters
August 2011
"Dispensing Greater Value: Grocers are using technology and their wellness expertise to build pharmacy sales"
By bolstering the visibility and efficiency of their pharmacy departments, supermarket retailers are becoming trusted health care partners to their loyal shoppers. This is particularly true of Baby Boomers who are filling more prescriptions as they age.
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ComputerTalk
June 2011
"Dispensing Automation Past, Present and Future: an interview with Kirby Lester CEO Garry Zage"
As Kirby Lester marks its 40th anniversary in 2011, ComputerTalk senior editor Will Lockwood caught up with CEO Garry Zage, R.Ph., to reflect on the company's 40-year history, which has taken it into 40 countries and brought 40,000 customers.
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Grocery Headquarters
April 1, 2011
"Scripting a change"
Given the number of health care modifications on tap, pharmacies will need to beef up their staffing, marketing and technology to stay ahead.
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Pharmacy Times
February 11, 2011
"Kirby Lester Celebrates 40 Years of Pharmacy Automation"
Pharmacy automation provider Kirby Lester welcomed its 40,000th customer last year — a huge milestone for the company that got its start making simple tablet counters in the early 1970s. Now the company is celebrating another benchmark: 40 years of service to the pharmacy industry.
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Pharmacy Purchasing & Products
December 2010
"The KL60 Robotic Dispenser From Kirby Lester"
Katherine Lee-Mosio, PharmD and assistant director of University Village Pharmacy (part of University of Illinois Medical Center) reviews
her outpatient pharmacy's usage of the Kirby Lester KL60 robotic dispenser.
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Drug Topics
August 2010
"Inside The 2010 Pharmacy"
Kirby Lester's KL60 is among the workhorse technologies that are driving return on investment and freeing pharmacists to perform medication therapy management in 2010.
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UIC Pharmacist
Summer 2010
"Transformer Man: Garry Zage"
Kirby Lester President and CEO Garry Zage drew upon his more than 30 years of experience to revitalize a popular brand name and the pharmacy automation industry.
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ComputerTalk
April 2010
"Getting Out To See Technology: An Interview With a KL60 User"
Pharmacist and owner Jimmy Yuen recently installed dispensing automation at his Advance Medical Pharmacy in Walnut Creek, Calif. In this audio slide show, he talks about the decision process
that led him to select Kirby Lester’s new KL60 and his decision to to invite his independent colleagues for a first-hand look at this technology.
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Chain Drug Review
April 5, 2010
"Need for pharmacy dispensing systems rises"
Economic pressures have only heightened the need for pharmacy technology. The ability of robotic devices to cost-effectively fill a large percentage of prescriptions makes them vital for a busy pharmacy...
the Kirby Lester KL60 is versatile enough to benefit pharmacies filling anywhere from 150 to 700 prescriptions a day.
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Drug Topics
April 2010
"Technologies improve pharmacy services"
As pharmacists search for ways to serve their patients more effectively, the role of technology becomes increasingly important. Below are some products and applications that are helping pharmacists offer patients the best quality of care (including Kirby Lester's suite of fully networked automation systems).
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Chain Drug Review
November 23, 2009
"EPIC Goes With Kirby Lester"
EPIC Pharmacies designated Kirby Leaster as a preferred technology partner for pharmacy automation technology. Under a comarketing agreement, Kirby Lester will offer its automated counting and verification systems to the more than 800 independent, neighborhood and retail pharmacies in 26 states and the District of Columbia that are members of EPIC Pharmacies.
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Chain Drug Review
October 26, 2009
"Health Reform Boosts Need For Technology"
With changes to the country's health care system almost inevitable, the use of advanced technology in pharmacies will be more critical than ever, those in the industry say. as retailers deploy more systems in their pharmacy departments, they will need to be linked and be able to meld prescription filling. "All of these systems have to connect to one another," says Kirby Lester VP of Business Development Christopher Thomsen.
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Chain Drugstore Daily
August 10, 2009
"The Company That Pioneered Tablet Counting Technology Unveils New KL60"
Kirby Lester literally parted the red curtains in dramatic style in Boston at the NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference this week, unveiling the pharmacy industry's first and only compact, fully-automated dispensing system. The new KL60 fulfills the long-unmet need for a system that handles all the functionality of a super-sized robotic dispenser, but in half the space and at a fraction of the cost.
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Chain Drugstore Daily
August 9, 2009
"Kirby Lester Keeps Rolling Out New Products"
Sorry, there aren't any goofy give-aways or trade show trinkets in booth 1066, Kirby Lester's home in Boston this week during the NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference. After Kirby Lester packed its exhibit with four — yes, four—new pharmacy technology systems on display, there wasn't room for any other distractions.
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Natural Products Insider
July 7, 2009
"Benefits of Compact Tablet Counters, Fillers (Bigger Isn't Always Better)"
For many scenarios in the manufacturing of vitamins, dietary supplements and nutraceuticals, the right technology is not a multi-million dollar packaging line. The right technology, in fact, can be a simple tablet counter and semi-automated bottle-filling device.
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ComputerTalk
May/June 2009
"Moving Technology Forward With Beta Testing"
As a beta test site for Kirby Lester, Ballin Pharmacy (Chicago, IL) plays an important role in putting new automation technology through its paces. According to pharmacy owner Bill Mattson, once new devices like the KL20 and KL30 are nearly market-ready, "We look for the refinements that can only come from real-world experience."
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Tablets & Capsules
May 2009
"Applications for Semi-Automatic Counter-Fillers"
When it comes to tablet counting and bottle filling (for pharmaceutical and supplement manufacturing), sometimes smaller is better. No, this is not an economic doomsday article, and it is not about cutting your way to profitability. Rather, it describes semi-automatic counter-fillers and outlines their application.
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Chain Drug Review
April 20, 2009
"Dispensing System Introduced By Kirby Lester"
Kirby Lester, LLC has introduced the KL30 automated dispensing and verification system, which the company calls a breakthrough in technology.
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Pharmacy Times
April 2009
"Kirby Lester's KL30 Right Size For Many Pharmacies"
Kirby Lester recently launched its KL30 automated dispensing and verification system. Compact enough to fit on a countertop, the system is suited to any retail or hospital outpatient pharmacy that processes from 100 to 1,000 prescriptions per day.
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Pharmacy Times
February 2009
"Kirby Lester Aids Humanitarian Cause"
Flood victims in Honduras' second largest city were able to receive their medications thanks to Kirby Lester's donation. The Little Friends International group was able to dispense >100,000 vitamin tablets and filled 3700 prescriptions using Kirby Lester's KL15e tablet counter.
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Pharmacy Times
December 2008
"Automation Benefits Pharmacies Large and Small"
For more than 30 years, Lake Forest, Illinois-based Kirby Lester has stuck to its core business - counting technology. "Even with the new technologies, we don't stray too far from what we're good at - bringing affordable technology" to pharmacies.
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ComputerTalk
Nov/Dec 2008
"A Blend of Automation Delivers Results"
While Bruce Gingrich, owner of 22 LifeChek pharmacy locations, believes there is a time and place for robotics, he's become an even bigger fan of technology that he says provides some key benefits of
robotics at about one-tenth the cost: the KL16 from Kirby Lester.
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Lake County News-Sun
October 18, 2008
"Plexus Gets Kirby Lester Contract"
Kirby Lester, LLC has awarded a contract to Plexus, a high-technology international contract manufacturer.
Plexus will begin manufacturing Kirby Lester counting systems in its Buffalo Grove, IL facility.
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Chain Drug Review
September 29, 2008
"NACDS Brings Rx Together"
Kirby Lester celebrated the arrival of its next-generation technology, the KL20, at the NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference in San Diego.
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ComputerTalk Online
August 2008
"How To Tighten Up Your Inventory"
Jonathan Rider, owner of Rider Pharmacy in Fairmont, W.Va., is a firm believer in perpetual inventory. He took a few minutes at the Cardinal RBC in Orlando, Fla., to talk to ComputerTalk's Will Lockwood about Cardinal Inventory Management (CIM), how he uses Kirby Lester counting technology to speed through the daily counts that are the basis for this inventory tracking method, and the financial and operational improvements he has seen.
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WBBM-780 News Radio
August 25, 2008
"Made In Chicago: Pill Counting Devices"
WBBM's Bernie Tafoya profiles Kirby Lester LLC, a Lake Forest-based company that makes devices that count pills for pharmacies.
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Drug Topics
July 14, 2008
"LifeChek installs automated counter"
Texas-based LifeChek pharmacy, a 21-unit chain, recently implemented the KL16 counting/verification device from Kirby Lester in 13 of its locations.
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Medicine Shoppe International - MSI Quarterly
June 2008
"A Fresh Look at Technology for Your Pharmacy - The technology selection tips you've been searching for"
Implementing technology in your pharmacy can increase efficiencies and lead to enhanced profitability for your business. In fact, most pharmacy experts agree that technology provides the biggest and surest return on investment - if chosen wisely and implemented correctly.
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America's Pharmacist
July 2008
"Automated Solutions - Independent pharmacists discuss how their versions of workflow help their businesses"
How is automated workflow helping pharmacists? Certainly no two systems are alike. Some have different capabilities, and pharmacists can pick vendors and products based on what their particular needs may be. For Anne Barr, RPh, owner of Countryside Pharmacy in Savannah, Missouri, life before acquiring her (Kirby Lester KL16) was more stressful. "The challenges we faced prior to purchasing a Kirby Lester counting machine were increasing volumes with space at a premium and time-consuming triple checks to be sure the right medication got in the right bottle."
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America's Pharmacist
July 2008
"Go With The Flow - Independent pharmacists discuss how their versions of workflow help their businesses"
When it comes to technology, some people can talk a good game, but are they actually saying anything? That's what many pharmacists are probably asking themselves as they hear about the seemingly endless list of technology solutions for their businesses.
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Lake County News-Sun
August 30, 2008
"People On The Move"
Kirby Lester, LLC of Lake Forest has named Doug Pierotti to the new post of director of sales. Pierotti, with more than a decade of pharmacy automation expertise, will lead the Kirby Lester sales team.
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ComputerTalk
Sept/Oct 2007
"Automated Counting: Adding Accuracy and Workflow"
There wasn't a single "aha!" moment that led pharmacist Jon Jacobs to add counting technology to his two stores southeast of Pittsburgh. Instead, Jacobs found two independent sources of motivation: a pharmacy renovation and a talk he initiated with his insurance company.
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