The Pharmapod team had a fantastic time attending the IPU conference at the end of April. Since it’s creation 8 years ago, the Conference has grown from strength to strength. It has become a national event for pharmacists whereby attendees can network with each other, bringing together shared experiences and learnings. With nationally and internationally renowned speakers in attendance the conference was attended by many pharmacists up and down the country. This year the conference took place in the Sunny South East in the Clayton Hotel, Wexford. Speakers at the conference provided an…Read more …

  April 26, 2018 (Dublin): Irish software company Pharmapod today announces that it has secured $3million (CADS) in investment from the Canadian Pharmacists Association (‘CPhA’). Pharmapod develops market leading technology for reducing medication errors for patients and has recently won a competitive tender to implement a medication error reporting system across over 4,300 pharmacies in Ontario, approx. 45% of Canada’s pharmacies. In what is the largest medication safety program of its kind in Canada, Pharmapod’s platform was chosen as it is robust, intuitive and highly scalable.   Already with offices in Ireland, the…Read more …

  Faces of Patient Safety Patient safety is a topic of discussion which should always be at the forefront of pharmacists’ minds. Pharmapod is launching it’s  "faces of patient safety” with the ambition of offering leaders in patient safety an opportunity to voice their opinions on best practice in healthcare. By collaborating with others and discussing these practices, Pharmapod strives to build a community which allows healthcare to be a safer place. At Pharmapod we believe that a shared-learning and no-blame culture leads to an increase in the quality of learnings produced which ultimately…Read more …

Pharmapod Ltd is pleased to announce it has been selected by the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) to implement a medication safety program across all the pharmacies in Ontario. Ontario is the largest province in Canada with 4,129 pharmacies out of a total number of 10,100 pharmacies nationwide. Pharmapod was selected as part of a formal competitive RFP process in keeping with standard procurement practices. The seven-member evaluation team’s decision to move forward with the Pharmapod solution for the medication safety program was unanimous. The system will introduce a standardised approach to quality assurance…Read more …

Pharmapod’s CEO Leonora O’Brien is the First Irish Woman selected for EY’s Entrepreneurial Winning Women™, Europe – a year-long executive leadership program designed for established, women-led businesses that are ready to scale operations and become global market leaders. O’Brien is among female entrepreneurs from 17 businesses cross 11 countries in Europe selected for the class of 2017. The program is open to businesses which are at least 12 months old with revenues higher than EUR 500,000 for the previous 12 months and which are headquartered in Europe. The participating companies benefit from on-going…Read more …