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Conditions Improve at Dallas County Jail

Correctional News, Feb 9, 2012

Dallas County jail launched the Accu-flo system in April 2010 in a proactive move to meet the justice system’s requirements on improving inmate medical care for health issues. After Dallas County’s most current inspection, a news release dated September 24, 2011, the Sheriff’s department quoted one of the inspectors, Leonard Rice, as calling this week’s visit “the most successful consulting project I’ve worked on in 22 years.”

WASHINGTON – A judge has granted the request of the department and Dallas County to end the court supervision of a lawsuit concerning conditions at the Dallas County Jail.

Creative Strategies Increases Customer Service though Corporate Expansion

LOUISVILLE, KY. – (February, 2012) – Creative Strategies, Inc. continues on a growth plan by increasing the Customer Service Department by 30% and adding Marc Andry as Operations Director. Marc brings more than 30 years of IT and management experience to Creative Strategies. Through his solid record in process and operations improvement, organizing knowledge platforms, and his passion to understand and define workflows, Marc is directly responsible for increasing efficiency within the Creative Strategies’ organization.

“We are excited about our corporate expansion and having Marc on board with us,” said John Carroll, President of Creative Strategies. “We believe by having more support staff for our current customers, as well as future prospects, our product is now being offered as the premier solution.”

Creative Strategies Hires Industry Veteran to Join the Accu-flo Team

LOUISVILLE, KY. – (November 14, 2011) Creative Strategies is pleased to announce Ralph Piercy has joined the organization to lead their corporate development efforts in the areas of new business, business partnerships and fueling overall corporate growth. Piercy’s team will work closely with larger pharmacies, long term care facilities and correctional institutions to implement its flagship solution Accu-flo in the United States, Europe and Asia.

“Accu-flo is the largest standalone paperless Medication Administration Reporting (MAR) solution in the market today” said Piercy. "Accu-flo is improving the lives of over 13,000 assisted living and skilled nursing residents all across America. Additionally our correctional facilities will be providing medication for over 6,000 inmates by the end of 2011. It is my belief that we can easily double this number in the next 18 month via strategic partnerships.”

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Community Provider Services Presidents Award Winner

LOUISVILLE, KY. – (November 9, 2011) – On September 27, 2011 Rx Partners was presented with the President’s Award at the UPMC Community Provider Services Quality Fair. This award was presented based on the “Initiation of an electronic Medication Administration Record (MAR) at a UPMC Senior Communities Skilled Nursing Facility.” The electronic MAR being utilized by the facility is Creative Strategies’ Accu-flo product.

“I was honored to accept the award on behalf of the committed staff here at Canterbury Place,” noted Jerry Radaker, Director, Canterbury Place at UPMC. “From the first day we announced that we were implementing an EMAR they were on board 100%. With this commitment and the dedicated leadership of Rx Partners and Creative Strategies we ran away with the votes.”

Dallas County Jail receives high marks from Inspectors

LOUISVILLE, KY. – (October 13, 2011) – In April of 2009, Creative Strategies, Inc. created a new division in support of its paperless Accu-flo electronic medication administration reporting (eMAR) and began offering a system ideal for correctional settings. Accu-flo handles the accurate collection, editing, communication, organization and timely storage of correctional care medication events. The system offers integration with intake systems, electronic health records (EHR) and dispensing systems for the unique keep-on-person solution for inmates who self-administer medications.

Dallas County jail launched the system in April 2010 in a proactive move to meet the justice system’s requirements on improving inmate medical care for health issues. After Dallas County’s most current inspection, a news release dated September 24, 2011, the Sheriff’s department quoted one of the inspectors, Leonard Rice, as calling this week’s visit “the most successful consulting project I’ve worked on in 22 years.”

University of Pittsburgh Expands Usage of Accu-flo

LOUISVILLE, KY – (September, 8 2011) – Creative Strategies, Inc. is announcing the launch of a second facility at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). After successfully completing the Accu-flo pilot program at Canterbury Place, UPMC is expanding the use of Accu-flo by adding a new facility, Heritage Place.

Accu-flo is a server-based medication administration system designed for use in institutional pharmacies, assisted living, long-term care, and rehab facilities. The software automates the process of distributing, tracking, and re-ordering medications and treatments safely and efficiently. Accu-flo is owned and distributed through Creative Strategies, Inc.

Creative Strategies receives third award for Partners in Healthcare

LOUISVILLE, KY – (March, 2010) – Creative Strategies, Inc. continues to receive the Partners in Healthcare Award for the third year in a row. Business First, a Louisville Kentucky based business publication, recognizes area business with Partners in Health Care, a special supplement highlighting movers, innovators, strategists, major players and pioneers in this most dynamic sector of Louisville’s economy. In addition to the award Business First publishes a special section focusing on business people behind the local health care scene that are innovative and focused on moving the Health Care Industry forward.

Creative Strategies is featured on William Shatner's "Heartbeat of America"

The nationally televised show “Heartbeat of America” hosted by William Shatner, recently aired a program featuring Creative Strategies/Accufloon October 9, 2009.

Creative Strategies continues to receive awards for Partners in Healthcare...

LOUISVILLE, KY - (March, 2009) – Creative Strategies, Inc. received the Partners in Healthcare award for the second year in a row for the Accu-flo product. Business First, a Louisville, Kentucky based business publication, recognizes area business with partners in health care, a special supplement that highlights movers, innovators, strategists, major players and pioneers in this most dynamic sector of Louisville’s economy. in addition to the award Business First publishes a special section that focuses on businesspeople behind the local health care scene that are innovative and focused on moving the health care industry forward.

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Accu-flo From Creative Strategies, Inc...

Louisville, KY (June 2008) - Located in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, Alert Pharmacy Services is an institutional pharmacy serving various levels of care with an emphasis on long-term care and assisted living facilities. Traditionally, our business required an enormous amount of paperwork related to medication orders and administration. To serve our customers most effectively, we needed to increase our efficiency, reduce the potential for human error, and maintain our focus on residents' health. In response to these needs, in May 2007, we adopted Accu-flo, an electronic medication administration record (EMAR) system designed for institutional pharmacies and assisted living, long-term care, and rehab facilities.

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Integra Partners With Accu-flo to create eMar interface...

Anacortes, Washington - (May 2008)- Integra, Inc. and Creative Strategies have partnered to create an interface between Integra's industry leading workflow and document management software, DocuTrack, and Creative Strategies' Accu-Flo system. "The growing necessity for our customers to provide eMAR solutions encouraged Integra to partner with Creative Strategies' Accu-flow system," said Louie Foster, Integra's Director of Product Development. " The interface resulting from this collaboration will provide the foundation to further streamline pharmacy operations by reducing fax dependency and increasing DocuTrack's ability to automatically track and file documents."

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Making MARs More Managable...

LOUISVILLE, KY - (November 2007) - Medication Administration Record (MAR). The mere mention of these three words at the end of the month is likely to send overworked nurses into hiding to avoid overtime and administrators to their desks in search of pain reliever. To long-term care, rehabilitation, and assisted living facilities, a MAR is a document that's on every medicine cart. When a nurse takes medication out of his or her cart and administers it to a patient, he or she has to document, typically by hand, information he or she is giving and the reasons for dispensing it to the patient. At the end of each month, a MAR changeover occurs to ensure that the document is correct before the facility sends the record to its designated pharmacy, where the pharmacy prints the record for the next cycle.

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Substantial growth sparks Carroll-Kron consulting to form a new subsidiary company

Louisville, KY (November 2005)- Carroll-Kron Consulting, Inc. announces the formation of a new subsidiary company, Creative Strategies, Inc. The newly formed technology division offers customers maximum capabilities and increased services including: expanded Microsoft products, Web Services, .net Development, .net Framework, C#, and Oracle, SQL Server. Creative Strategies, Inc. offers substantial cost savings for customers of up to 60-70%.

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