Program design
Company Profile.
[Revised Sep 03]
'RxOne' was originally written by Lockie Computing, which became 'HealthSoft Ltd' in Oct 1999.
'HealthSoft computing' contact numbers etc.
Phone; 1800 887 610
Fax; 1800 006 207
E-Mail; info@Pharmacy-Pro.com
Internet WWW.Pharmacy-Pro.com
Postal address; Private bag 5, Mascot, NSW 2020
History
HealthSoft and its associated companies began selling pharmacy computer programs in 1983, initially on proprietary systems and later MS-DOS.
The company entered the UK pharmacy market in 1991, and within five years had become the largest supplier of PoS systems to independent British pharmacies.
By 1994 there were 2000 pharmacies using its DOS programs, QuickScript and Checkout, across Australia, NZ and Britain.
The 'RxOne' project for Windows was started in May 1994, and a programming team, assisted by in-house pharmacists, has worked on it continuously since then.
The first 'RxOne' dispensary module Beta site was installed in October 1995, and released for general use in June 1996, with the 'RxOne' PoS module following in 1997.
Program design
The 'RxOne' design drew on the company's experience of supporting several thousand users under DOS, and a decade of user feedback and ideas. Considerable emphasis went into building an Industrial Strength package to allow for the isolated nature of some pharmacies, the expectation that operators would be 'pharmacy knowledgeable' but usually not 'computer knowledgeable', and the mission critical nature of the application. Whenever possible, DOS actions were built in under the Windows actions so that a DOS-familiar operator would find transition easy.
Future
Design of enhancements and new features is influenced by;
- User Priority list
- Original ideas generated 'in house',
- Changes in pharmacy practice,
- Requests from the Distributors of HealthSoft software in various countries.
The development team is a permanent part of the company, and it is expected that the team will work continuously on improving the program throughout its life.
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