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In Our 25th Year Issue No. 1953 April 2007 www.theacphoenix.com Associate Consultants
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MARLEYDRIG INSTALLS
SCRIPTPRO ROROTIC PRESCIPTION
DISPENSING SYSTEM
THE PASTOR’S CONSORTIIIU
INITERNATIOINAL 2007
Winston-
Salem, NC—
The latest
technology is
taking MAR-
LEY DRUG
back to the
practice of
pharmacists
having time
for personal
ized service
and counsel
ing. The
pharmacy
staff of MAR-
LEY DRUG is now using the SP 200
Robotic Prescription Dispensing
System from ScriptPro. The system
has many safety features that ensure
accurate medication dispensing.
The SP 200 performs the time-
consuming and tedious tasks of
counting pills, filling vials, and labeling
prescriptions—using advanced
robotics and automation. With
ScriptPro automation, pharmacists
have more time to answer questions
and counsel their customers.
How does the robot work? Once a
prescription is entered into a pharmacy
computer system, the robotic arm
determines the correct size vial, then
finds the specified drug. Using barcode
scanning, it verifies the location of the
drug. The robotic arm holds the vial
and counts the pills as they are
automatically dropped into the vial. The
arm then places the vial on a short
Dave Marley
conveyer belt and the patient label is
applied, complete with medication
warning labels.
Barcode scanning is used through
out the system to ensure that the
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Bishop A.L. Jinwright
The Pastor's Consortium
International 2007 is in its sev
enth year. Visionary leader
Bishop A.L. Jinwright, who pas
tors Greater Salem City of God
in Charlotte, North Carolina,
created this august body that
has united pastors, church lead
ers, and laity across denomina
tional lines. This event takes
place April 25-27 at the Power
Center. The purpose of this
gathering in Greensboro, NC is
to assist in the equipping of
God's people so they can walk
in the anointing and carry out
the work of ministry more effi
ciently. For three days and
nights speakers will be tackling
the theme "Prophetic
Transaction: Moving from
Church to Kingdom" taken from
Colossians 1:10-14. A great
team of preachers will be stop
ping by to give a word to pas
tors and church leaders that will
be life-changing. Bishop John
Francis from London England
will kick off the consortium, then
Bishop A.L. Jinwright from
Charlotte, NC will be Thursday
night's speaker and Bishop Neil
C. Ellis from Nassau, Bahamas
will end It Friday night. There
will also be exciting work
shops...workshops that will
include topics that may be hoid-
ing a church or a pastor back
from reaching their full potential.
The consortium has experts
who will talk about subjects enti
tled "Moving Beyond 3-
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HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARECENTER REVIVAL OF THE IM CIR C
VORKS TO IMPROVE EMD-OE-LIEE CARE CHIRCH IN OIU t...
WORKS TO IMPROVE EMD-OE-LIEE CARE
EOR AERICAN AMERICAIVS
Hospice and
palliative care is like a
prayer being answered
for many people facing
challenges at the end-
of-life. Unfortunately,
ethnic and racial
minorities are strikingly
underserved when it
comes to end-of-life
care. There are many
reasons for those dis
parities. In Winston-
Salem and surrounding areas, Hospice & Palliative CareCenter wants to get rid of those
barriers.
A recent study showed that African-Americans are half as likely as whites to use
hospice care. Why? Some say it has to do with differences in access to health care.
Others point to a lack of awareness about hospice services and reluctance to trust in
contemporary health delivery systems. Still others think that misconceptions about hos
pice include assumptions that the care would be inadequate, people would die lonely,
painful deaths, and that hospice was inaccessible to African-Americans because of cost.
Local leaders working to improve end of life care want to get rid of those myths. "It's
almost a catch-22,” says Dee Leahman, Director of Community Education at Hospice &
Palliative CareCenter. ‘The doctor waits for the family to bring it up. The family waits
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Mr
Fair Housing
Month Activities
Scheduied . . . .
Partners for
Homeownership
Turns 10!
Dr. Richard Payne
Christopher Martin
Local Clergy Rally Together
To Encourage Unity
By: Tiandra Brown
WCP Communications®
Our Lord is coming to meet a
Church that is to live as one Body, led
by the Head, the Lord Jesus Christ,
through the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is
appropriate for the Church to pursue a
life of sanctification, producing fruit of
the Spirit, in obedience to the Word of
God and the determinations of the Holy
Spirit. The Church should constantly
announce the Salvation that is found
only in Christ Jesus - by grace, through
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Community Leaders
Gather to Develop
a Vision for the
“New South”!
Fighting for
Health Coverage
for All Our
Children
Former Legislator
Bernard Allen
Inducted into NCAE
Hall of Fame . ...
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